Ambarakaraka, near the Ifasy river (MHNH fish) (Triassic of Madagascar)

Where: Madagascar (13.4° S, 48.9° E: paleocoordinates 45.0° S, 40.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Dienerian (252.2 - 251.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; nodular siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Reposited in the MNHN

• Repository: l'Institut de Paléontologie du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle

Primary reference: L. Beltan. 1968. La faune ichthyologique de l'Eotrias du N. W. de Madagascar: le neurocrâne. Cahiers de Paléontologie 1968:1-125 [M. Clapham/P. Vazquez]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 153682: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Priscilla Vazquez on 07.01.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Parasemionotiformes - Parasemionotidae
Piveteaunotus ifasiensis n. gen. n. sp.
Piveteaunotus ifasiensis n. gen. n. sp. Beltan 1968 ray-finned fish
IP 173