Where: Madagascar (15.6° S, 46.4° E: paleocoordinates 22.4° S, 39.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Middle Eocene (47.8 - 37.7 Ma)

• previously mapped as Pliocene; age based on selachian assemblage

Environment/lithology: peritidal; sandy claystone and mudstone

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: K. E. Samonds and I. S. Zalmout. 2009. Eotheroides lambondrano, new middle Eocene sea cow (Mammalia, Sirenia) from the Mahajanga Basin, northwestern Madagascar. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29(4):1233-1243 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 93587: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 25.01.2010

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