Between Ranohira and Benenitra (Permian of Madagascar)

Where: Ihorombe, Madagascar (23.0° S, 45.3° E: paleocoordinates 52.6° S, 27.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Lower Sakamena Formation (Sakamena Group), Lopingian (259.9 - 252.2 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; nodular sandstone

• Calcareous nodule in sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by F. Tortochaux in 1948

Collection methods: chemical,

Primary reference: J. M. Mazin and G. M. King. 1991. The first dicynodont from the Late Permian of Malagasy. Palaeontology 34(4):837-842 [R. Butler/R. Butler]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 171355: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 08.07.2015

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Taxonomic list

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Osteichthyes
 Anomodontia - Cryptodontidae
Oudenodon sakamenensis n. sp.
Oudenodon sakamenensis n. sp. Mazin and King 1991 therapsid
PVHR 288, skull