Ambolisatra (Holocene of Madagascar)

Also known as Amboulisatre

Where: Madagascar (23.1° S, 43.6° E: paleocoordinates 23.1° S, 43.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• subfossil

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: A. Milne Edwards. 1868. Sur des decouvertes zoologiques faites recemment a Madagascar par M. Alfred Grandidier. Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des seances de l'Academie des Sciences, Paris 67:1156-1167 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 95826: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 30.04.2010, edited by Philip Mannion and Evangelos Vlachos

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Astrochelys rogerbouri n. sp.2 Kehlmaier et al. 2023 turtle
MNHN.F.MAD480, an almost complete tibia.
 Crocodylia - Crocodylidae
"Crocodylus robustus n. sp." = Voay robustus1
"Crocodylus robustus n. sp." = Voay robustus1 Grandidier and Vaillant 1872 crocodile
Now lost (Brochu 2007)
Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus lemerlei n. sp. Milne Edwards 1868 hippo
 Tribosphenida -
Plesiorycteropus madagascariensis3 Filhol 1895 placental