Where: Toliara, Madagascar (25.2° S, 46.6° E: paleocoordinates 25.2° S, 46.6° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• sediments are from "a large collapsed-cave feature in Pleistocene eolianite (calcareous sandstone)" (Godfrey et al. 2006), and the lower unit yielding extinct vertebrates is stratigraphically mixed and "mid-to-late Holocene" (Burney et al. 2008)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: cave; silty sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by F. Sikora, C. Allaud, Lt. Gaulbert, G. Grandidier, M. F. Geay, R. Decary in 1899-1902, 1906, 1926; reposited in the BMNH, MNHN
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ),
• most historical collections come from the 1899 excavations and were reposited at the NHM and Naturhistorisches Museum in Vienna, but additional MNHN material was recovered by C. Allaud, Lt. Gaulbert, G. Grandidier in 1900, 1901, and 1902, M. F. Geay in 1906, and R. Decary in 1926 (Burney et al. 2008)
Primary reference: D. A. Burney, N. Vasey, L. R. Godfrey, Ramilisonina, W. L. Jungers, M. Ramarolahy, and L. Raharivony. 2008. New findings at Andrahomana Cave, southeastern Madagascar. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 70(1):13-24 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 92732: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.11.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
"Crocodilus robustus" = Crocodylus
"Crocodilus robustus" = Crocodylus crocodile | |
Aves | |
Centrornis sp. Andrews 1897 waterfowl | |
Aepyornis sp. Geoffroy 1850 elephant bird | |
Reptilia | |
Geochelone radiata, "Dipsochelys sp." = Aldabrachelys
"Dipsochelys sp." = Aldabrachelys Loveridge and Williams 1957 turtle formerly Geochelone (Testudo) grandidieri
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Mammalia | |
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Hippopotamus lemerlei Milne Edwards 1868 hippo | |
Fossa fossana Muller 1776 Malagasy civet "'Vivera fosa' (var. nov. alluaudi, large size)" (meaning Viverra fossa = Fossa fossana)
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Mus musculus Linnaeus 1758 house mouse | |
Nesomys rufus mouse
Hypogeomys australis Malagasy giant rat | |
Megaladapis edwardsi Grandidier 1899 lemur
Megaladapis madagascariensis Forsyth Major 1894 lemur | |
Propithecus verreauxi Grandidier 1867 sifaka
Avahi laniger Gmelin 1788 eastern woolly lemur | |
Hadropithecus stenognathus n. gen. n. sp. Lorenz von Liburnau 1899 monkey lemur
Archaeolemur majori Filhol 1895 monkey lemur
Archaeolemur edwardsi Filhol 1895 monkey lemur | |
Lemur catta Linnaeus 1758 ring-tailed lemur | |
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