Where: Toliara, Madagascar (20.4° S, 45.1° E: paleocoordinates 26.2° S, 20.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Bathonian (167.7 - 164.7 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

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 86495: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 04.02.2009