Isovoky (Jurassic of Madagascar)

Where: Madagascar (23.7° S, 44.3° E: paleocoordinates 28.6° S, 18.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Callovian (166.1 - 163.5 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified marl

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 98195: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 23.09.2010

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Postepithyrididae
"Terebratula cf. subsella" = Xestosina subsella
"Terebratula cf. subsella" = Xestosina subsella Leymerie 1846
Echinoidea
 Irregularia - Pygasteridae
Pygaster umbrella Lamarck 1816 sea urchin