Ambarakaraka and Andogozobé (BMNH collection) (Triassic of Madagascar)

Where: Madagascar (12.5° S, 49.3° E: paleocoordinates 44.4° S, 41.9° E)

When: Dienerian (250.5 - 251.2 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collected by E. I. White in <1933; reposited in the BMNH

Primary reference: E. I. White. 1933. New Triassic Palaeoniscids from Madagascar. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Tenth Series 10:118-128 [M. Clapham/P. Vazquez/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 149171: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Priscilla Vazquez on 30.07.2013

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Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Palaeonisciformes - Rhadinichthyidae
Pteronisculus macropterus n. sp. White 1933
BMNH P16282-3 and 14 others
Pteronisculus cicatrosus n. gen. n. sp. White 1933
BMNH P16300-1 and 14 others
Coelacanthimorpha
 Coelacanthiformes - Whiteiidae
Whiteia woodwardi n. gen. n. sp.
Whiteia woodwardi n. gen. n. sp. Moy-Thomas 1935 coelacanth
BMNH P17200-1, P17204-9, P17212-3, P17167-17169, P16236, N1, N47, N82, N113, K269, K271, B121-2, B125-6, B143
 Coelacanthiformes - Coelacanthidae
Coelacanthus madagascariensis Woodward 1910 coelacanth
BMNH P10788