Locality II, SW of Ampoza (Holocene of Madagascar)

Where: Madagascar (22.1° S, 44.7° E: paleocoordinates 22.1° S, 44.7° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• Presumed to be Holocene in age, which is corroborated by two radiocarbon dates of subfossil bones excavated from Ampoza: 1910 +/- 120 B.P. (1969, GaK-2309, Mahk & Sourdat 1972), and 1350 +/- 60 B.P. (Beta-72676 CAMS-13677, Goodman & Rakotondravony 1996)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Franco-Anglo-Américaine expedition in 1929; reposited in the AMNH, BMNH, MNHN

• Material split between the three supporting institutions of the expedition, British Museum (Natural History), American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), and Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle.

Primary reference: S. M. Goodman. 2000. A description of a new species of Brachypteracias (Family Brachypteraciidae) from the Holocene of Madagascar. Ostrich 71:318-322 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 195019: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 11.07.2018

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Aves
 Charadriiformes - Charadriidae
Vanellus madagscariensis1 Goodman 1997 Malagasy lapwing
 Charadriiformes - Laridae
Larus sp.1 Linnaeus 1758 gull
 Coraciiformes - Brachypteraciidae
Brachypteracias langrandi n. sp. Goodman 2000 Ampoza ground roller
 Gruiformes - Rallidae
Porphyrio porphyrio1 Linnaeus 1758 western swamphen
Fulica cristata1 Gmelin 1789 red-knobbed coot
 Anseriformes - Anatidae
Dendrocygna sp.1 Swinson 1837 whistling duck
Alopochen sirabensis1 Andrews 1897 Malagasy shelduck
Anas sp.1 Linnaeus 1758 dabbling duck
Anas erythrorhyncha/bernieri
Anas bernieri1 Hartlaub 1860 Bernier's teal
 Pterocliformes - Pteroclidae
Pterocles personatus1 Gould 1843 Madagascar sandgrouse
 Ciconiiformes - Ciconiidae
Anastomus lamelligerus1 Temminck 1823 African openbill
 Pelecaniformes - Threskiornithidae
Lophotibis cristata1 Boddaert 1783 Madagascar ibis
Platalea alba1 Scopoli 1786 African spoonbill
Threskiornis aethiopicus1 Latham 1790 sacred ibis
 Pelecaniformes - Ardeidae
Ardea purpurea1 Linnaeus 1766 purple heron
Ardea humbloti1 Milne-Edwards and Grandidier 1885 Humblot's heron
Ardea cinerea1 Linnaeus 1758 gray heron
 Phoenicopteriformes - Phoenicopteridae
Phoenicopterus roseus2 Pallas 1811 greater flamingo
 Aepyornithiformes - Aepyornithidae
Mullerornis sp.1 Milne-Edwards and Grandidier 1894 elephant bird
Aepyornis sp.1 Geoffroy 1850 elephant bird