Bevoay (Jurassic of Madagascar)

Where: Madagascar (22.7° S, 44.7° E: paleocoordinates 26.2° S, 20.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Toarcian (182.7 - 174.1 Ma)

• Upper Lias

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: J. Alloiteau. 1958. Monographie des madreporaires fossiles de Madagascar [Monograph of fossil corals from Madagascar]. Annales Geologiques de Madagascar 25:1-218 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 86612: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 09.02.2009

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Isastrea hourcqi n. sp. Alloiteau 1958 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
Thamnasteria bevoayensis n. sp. Alloiteau 1958 stony coral