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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia | |
Hippopotamus laloumena n. sp.
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