Tongobory (Jurassic to of Madagascar)

Where: Toliara, Madagascar (19.9° S, 45.4° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 31.3° S, 33.6° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Bathonian to Late/Upper Bathonian (168.2 - 161.5 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: H. Besairie and M. Collignon. 1972. Geologie de Madagascar I. Les Terrains Sedimentaires. Annales Geologiques de Madagascar 35:1-463 [A. Rees/A. Rees]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 98168: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 23.09.2010

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae
 Ammonitida - Stephanoceratidae
Cadomites aff. rectelobatus von Hauer 1857 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Macrocephalitidae
 Ammonitida - Tulitidae
"Kheraiceras sp." = Bullatimorphites (Kheraiceras)
"Kheraiceras sp." = Bullatimorphites (Kheraiceras) ammonite
 Ammonitida - Lytoceratidae
"Thysanolytoceras adeloides" = Lytoceras eudesianum adeloides
"Thysanolytoceras adeloides" = Lytoceras eudesianum adeloides Kudernatsch 1852 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Oppeliidae
"Oppelia subcostaria" = Oxycerites subcostarius
"Oppelia subcostaria" = Oxycerites subcostarius Oppel 1862 ammonite
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
 Neritoina - Neritopsidae
 Cerithioidea - Cryptaulacidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
 Heterostropha - Cylindrobullinidae
Cylindrites deserti Douvillé 1916 snail
 Heterostropha - Nerinellidae
 Heterostropha - Gordenellidae
 Vetigastropoda - Discohelicidae