Ampazony: Middle Eocene, Madagascar
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Osteichthyes
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Osteichthyes indet.
Huxley 1880
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Mammalia
- Sirenia
- Dugongidae
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Eotheroides lambondrano n. sp.
Samonds and Zalmout 2009
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Chelonia indet.
(Latreille 1800)
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Reptilia
- Crocodylia
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Crocodylia indet.
(Owen 1842)
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Chondrichthyes
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Chondrichthyes indet.
Huxley 1880
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Galeocerdidae
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Galeocerdo eaglesomei
White 1926
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Echinoidea
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Echinoidea indet.
(Leske 1778)
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Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Cuvier 1795
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Tubothalamea
- Miliolida
- Alveolinidae
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Alveolinidae indet.
Ehrenberg 1839
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Geography
| Country: | Madagascar |
| Coordinates: | 15.6° South, 46.4° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 22.4° South, 39.8° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2-3 | ||
| Key time interval: | Middle Eocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 47.80000 - 37.71000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: previously mapped as Pliocene; age based on selachian assemblage |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandy claystone |
| Secondary lithology: | desiccation cracks mudstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: sandy claystones, mudstones, siltstones, and marly limestones | |
| Environment: | peritidal |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original phosphate |
| Disassociated major elements: | all |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 93587 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-01-25 12:52:58 | Last modified: | 2010-01-25 14:52:58 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-01-25 12:52:58 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 31706. | K. E. Samonds and I. S. Zalmout. 2009. Eotheroides lambondrano, new middle Eocene sea cow (Mammalia, Sirenia) from the Mahajanga Basin, northwestern Madagascar. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29(4):1233-1243 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |