Ampakabo (Jurassic of Madagascar)

Also known as Reef 462

Where: Toliara, Madagascar (23.7° S, 44.3° E: paleocoordinates 28.3° S, 18.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Bathonian (168.3 - 166.1 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified limestone

• coral meadows in a basically siliciclastic context (Lathuiliere 2002)

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 86407: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 02.02.2009

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Microsolenidae
Microsolena interjecta n. sp.
Microsolena interjecta n. sp. Alloiteau 1958 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Microphyllia madagascariensis n. sp., Trigerastraea collignoni n. sp., Trigerastraea ampakabensis n. sp., Collignonastraea jumarense n. gen.
Microphyllia madagascariensis n. sp. Alloiteau 1958 stony coral
Trigerastraea collignoni n. sp. Alloiteau 1958 stony coral
Trigerastraea ampakabensis n. sp. Alloiteau 1958 stony coral
Collignonastraea jumarense n. gen. stony coral
var. radiata
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Isastrea collignoni n. sp.
Isastrea collignoni n. sp. Alloiteau 1958 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pamiroseriidae
Ampakabastraea ampakabensis n. gen. n. sp.
Ampakabastraea ampakabensis n. gen. n. sp. Alloiteau 1958 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Stylinidae
Stylina ceriomorpha n. sp.
Stylina ceriomorpha n. sp. Alloiteau 1958 stony coral