Ambondromamy, M-51 (Jurassic of Madagascar)

Where: Mahajunga, Madagascar (16.6° S, 47.0° E: paleocoordinates 23.9° S, 25.1° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Isalo IIIb Formation (Isalo Group), Bathonian (168.3 - 166.1 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: bulk, sieve,

• University of Antananarivo collection

•specimen was recovered "during washing and microscope sorting" of matrix

Primary reference: J. J. Flynn, S. R. Fox, J. M. Parrish, L. Ranivoharimanana, and A. R. Wyss. 2006. Assessing diversity and paleoecology of a Middle Jurassic microvertebrate assemblage from Madagascar. In J. D. Harris, S. G. Lucas, J. A. Spielmann, M. G. Lockley, A. R. C. Milner, J. I. Kirkland (eds.), The Triassic-Jurassic Terrestrial Transition. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 37:476-489 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 194795: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 29.06.2018, edited by Terri Cleary

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Amphibia
 Caudata - Urodela
Urodela indet. salamander
Reptilia
 Testudines -
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines Batsch 1788 turtle
 Loricata -
Crocodylomorpha indet. Hay 1930 crocodilian
 Ornithischia -
Ornithischia indet. Seeley 1888 ornithischian
 Theropoda -
Theropoda indet. Marsh 1881 theropod
Theropoda indet. Marsh 1881 theropod
 Saurischia -
? Neosauropoda indet. Bonaparte 1986 sauropod
 Pterosauria -
"Rhamphorhynchoidea" indet. Plieninger 1901 pterosaur