Fompona (Holocene of Madagascar)

Where: Madagascar (21.2° S, 48.3° E: paleocoordinates 21.2° S, 48.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: S. Stuenes. 1989. Taxonomy, Habits, and Relationships of the Subfossil Madagascan Hippopotami Hippopotamus lemerlei and H. madagascariensis. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 9(3):241-268 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 97501: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 03.08.2010

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus laloumena n. sp. Faure and Guerin 1990 hippo
subspecies standini