Ambilobe area (MNHN fish) (Triassic of Madagascar)

Where: Madagascar (13.2° S, 49.0° E: paleocoordinates 44.9° S, 41.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Dienerian (250.5 - 251.2 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 153683: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Priscilla Vazquez on 07.01.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Osteichthyes
 Palaeonisciformes - Rhadinichthyidae
Pteronisculus sp., Pteronisculus cf. macropterus, Pteronisculus macropterus
Pteronisculus sp. White 1933
IP 147, 142, 244, 132
Pteronisculus cf. macropterus White 1933
IP 145, 139
Pteronisculus macropterus White 1933
IP 133
 Palaeonisciformes - Birgeriidae
Birgeria sp.
Birgeria sp. Stensiö 1919
IP 109
Actinopteri
 Perleidiformes - Perleididae
Perleidus sp.
Perleidus sp. de Alessandri 1910
IP 152
Osteichthyes
 Ptycholepiformes - Ptycholepididae
Boreosomus sp., Boreosomus gillioti
Boreosomus sp. Stensiö 1921 ray-finned fish
IP 274, 242
Boreosomus gillioti Priem 1924 ray-finned fish
IP 268, 240
 Pholidopleuriformes - Pholidopleuridae
Australosomus longirostris, Australosomus merlei
Australosomus longirostris Beltan 1968 ray-finned fish
IP 246, 112
Australosomus merlei Piveteau 1930 ray-finned fish
IP 118, 113
 Saurichthyiformes - Saurichthyidae
Saurichthys sp., Saurichthys piveteaui n. sp., "Saurichthys madagascariensis" = Saurichthys (Eosaurichthys) madagascariensis
Saurichthys sp. Agassiz 1834 ray-finned fish
IP 178, 292
Saurichthys piveteaui n. sp. Beltan 1968 ray-finned fish
IP 286, 183
"Saurichthys madagascariensis" = Saurichthys (Eosaurichthys) madagascariensis Piveteau 1945 ray-finned fish
IP 174, 200, 184, 288, 203, 175
 Parasemionotiformes - Parasemionotidae
Ospia sp., Broughia sp., Thomasinotus divisus, Icarealcyon malagasium, Devillersia sp., Devillersia madagascariensis n. gen. n. sp., Parasemionotus labordei, Watsonulus sp., "Watsonia eugnathoides" = Watsonulus eugnathoides
Ospia sp. Stensiö 1932 ray-finned fish
IP 288
Broughia sp. Stensiö 1932 ray-finned fish
IP 124
Thomasinotus divisus Lehman 1952 ray-finned fish
IP 245
Icarealcyon malagasium Beltan 1984 ray-finned fish
MAE 628a
Devillersia sp. Beltan 1968 ray-finned fish
IP 242
Devillersia madagascariensis n. gen. n. sp. Beltan 1968 ray-finned fish
IP 250
Parasemionotus labordei Priem 1924 ray-finned fish
IP 104
Watsonulus sp. Brough 1939 ray-finned fish
IP 159, 129, 128, 161, 167, 273, 290, 163
"Watsonia eugnathoides" = Watsonulus eugnathoides Piveteau 1935 ray-finned fish
IP 163, 155
 Dipnoi -
Paraceratodus sp.
Paraceratodus sp. Lehman et al. 1959 lungfish
IP 221
Coelacanthimorpha
 Coelacanthiformes - Whiteiidae
Whiteia woodwardi
Whiteia woodwardi Moy-Thomas 1935 coelacanth
IP 222, 230
 Coelacanthiformes - Coelacanthidae
Coelacanthidae indet.
Coelacanthidae indet. Agassiz 1843 coelacanth
IP 216