Where: Diana, Madagascar (13.1° S, 48.9° E: paleocoordinates 44.7° S, 41.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Sakamena Formation (Sakamena Group), Dienerian (250.5 - 251.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified, concretionary siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Reposited in the MNHN

• New specimen of Piveteauia was incorrectly catalogued but from original MNHN collection

Primary reference: G. Clement. 1999. The actinistian (Sarcopterygii) Piveteauia madagascariensis Lehman from the Lower Triassic of northwestern Madagascar: a redescription on the basis of new material. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 19(2):234-242 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 117215: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 17.09.2011

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