Morondava: Bathonian, Madagascar
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Amphiastreidae
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Keriophyllia fischeri
(de Fromentel 1873)
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Ellipsosmiliidae
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Macgeopsis grandidieri
(de Fromentel 1873)
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Macgeopsis complanata
Alloiteau 1958
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Cladophylliidae
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Cladophyllia morondavensis n. sp.
Alloiteau 1958
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Geography
| Country: | Madagascar | State/province: | Toliara |
| Coordinates: | 20.9° South, 44.0° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 25.8° South, 19.8° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Middle Jurassic |
| Stage: | Bathonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 4 |
| Key time interval: | Bathonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 168.20000 - 165.30000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | peel or thin section,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 86490 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-02-04 00:19:04 | Last modified: | 2009-02-04 02:19:04 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-02-04 00:19:04 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 29108. | 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] |