Also known as Antsirabe
Where: Madagascar (19.9° S, 47.0° E: paleocoordinates 19.9° S, 47.0° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• "By far the greater number of specimens were obtained from a depth of twelve to fifteen feet." Radiocarbon dates from Antsirabe mostly Pleistocene (19250 to 17100 YBP) but also young Holocene (90 YBP).
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Collected by Forsyth Major; reposited in the BMNH
Primary reference: C. W. Andrews. 1897. On some fossil remains of carinate birds from central Madagascar. Ibis 39:343-358 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 195021: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 12.07.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Aves | |
"Tribonyx roberti n. sp." = Hovacrex roberti
"Tribonyx roberti n. sp." = Hovacrex roberti Andrews 1897 Hova gallinule | |
Centrornis majori n. gen. n. sp., "Chenalopex sirabensis n. sp." = Alopochen sirabensis
Centrornis majori n. gen. n. sp. Andrews 1897 Malagasy sheldgoose
"Chenalopex sirabensis n. sp." = Alopochen sirabensis Andrews 1897 Malagasy shelduck | |
"Plotus nanus" = Microcarbo africanus
"Plotus nanus" = Microcarbo africanus Gmelin 1789 long-tailed cormorant | |
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Ardea intermedia Wagler 1829 intermediate egret | |
"Platalea tenuirostris" = Platalea alba
"Platalea tenuirostris" = Platalea alba Scopoli 1786 African spoonbill | |
"Astur sp." = Accipiter
"Astur sp." = Accipiter Brisson 1760 hawk | |