Ambondromahabo, M-8 (Jurassic of Madagascar)

Also known as Ambondromamy

Where: Mahajunga, Madagascar (16.6° S, 47.0° E: paleocoordinates 23.9° S, 25.1° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Isalo IIIb Formation (Isalo Group), Bathonian (168.3 - 166.1 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: bulk, sieve,

• University of Antananarivo collection

•specimen was recovered "during washing and microscope sorting" of matrix

Primary reference: J. J. Flynn, J. M. Parrish, B. Rakotosamimanana, W. F. Simpson, and A. R. Wyss. 1999. A Middle Jurassic mammal from Madagascar. Nature 401:57-60 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 92151: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 02.11.2009, edited by Matthew Carrano

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Osteichthyes -
Osteichthyes indet. Huxley 1880 bony fish
 Dipnoi -
Dipnoi indet. lungfish
Mammalia
 Australosphenida -
Ambondro mahabo n. gen. n. sp.
Ambondro mahabo n. gen. n. sp. Flynn et al. 1999 mammal
Reptilia
 Loricata -
Crocodylomorpha indet. Hay 1930 crocodilian
osteoderms
 Loricata - Atoposauridae
Atoposauridae indet. Gervais 1871 crocodilian
teeth
 Ornithischia -
Ornithischia indet. Seeley 1888 ornithischian
teeth
 Theropoda -
Theropoda indet. Marsh 1881 theropod
teeth
 Saurischia -
? Neosauropoda indet. Bonaparte 1986 sauropod
tooth
 Pterosauria -
"Rhamphorhynchoidea" indet. Plieninger 1901 pterosaur
tooth, vertebrae
Actinopteri
 Semionotiformes - Semionotidae
Semionotidae indet. Woodward 1890
Gnathostomata
  -
Chondrichthyes indet. Huxley 1880 cartilaginous fish