Andrahomana Cave (2002-2003 collections): Holocene, Madagascar
collected by D. Burney, W. Jungers, L. Godfrey 2002, 2003

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Tenrecidae
Geogale aurita Milne-Edwards and Grandidier 1872
Echinops telfairi Martin 1838
Microgale brevicaudata
Microgale longicaudata
Microgale nasoloi
Microgale pusilla
Microgale macpheei
Setifer setosus Froriep 1806
Tenrec ecaudatus (Schreber 1778)
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Molossidae
Mormopterus jugularis
Mops leucostigma
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
Miniopterus gleni
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Hipposideridae
Hipposideros commersoni
Triaenops furculus
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Pteropodidae
Eidolon dupreanum
Rousettus madagascariensis
Mammalia - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus lemerlei Milne Edwards 1868
Mammalia - Cervidae
Furcifer cf. verrucosus
reassigned as Hippocamelus (Furcifer)
Mammalia - Bovidae
Bos indicus Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Canis familiaris Linnaeus 1758
"Canis lupus familiaris"
Mammalia - Soricidae
Suncus madagascariensis (Coquerel 1848)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Nesomyidae
Macrotarsomys bastardi
Macrotarsomys petteri
Eliurus myoxinus
Eliurus sp. Milne-Edwards 1885
larger
Hypogeomys australis
Godfrey et al. 2006
site AHA-I
Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae
Mus musculus Linnaeus 1758
Rattus sp. Fischer 1803
Mammalia - Primates - Megaladapidae
Megaladapis edwardsi Grandidier 1899
Godfrey et al. 2006
site AHA-I
Mammalia - Primates - Indriidae
Propithecus verreauxi Grandidier 1867
Mammalia - Primates - Lemuridae
Pachylemur insignis (Filhol 1895)
Godfrey et al. 2006
site AHA-I
Lemur catta Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Primates - Cheirogaleidae
Microcebus sp. Geoffroy 1827
Cheirogaleus medius Geoffroy 1812
Mammalia - Primates - Archaeolemuridae
Archaeolemur majori Filhol 1895
Hadropithecus stenognathus (Lorenz von Liburnau 1899)
Godfrey et al. 2006
site AHA-I
Reptilia - Gerrhosauridae
Zonosaurus cf. trilineatus
Reptilia - Colubridae
Leioheterodon sp. Boulenger 1893
Reptilia - Boidae
Acrantophis sp. Jan 1860
Reptilia - Gekkonidae
Paroedura sp. Günther 1879
Reptilia - Testudines
Pelomedusa subrufa Bonaterre 1789
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Geochelone radiata Shaw 1802
Dipsochelys sp. Bour 1982
synonym of Aldabrachelys
Reptilia
Crocodylus niloticus Laurenti 1768
Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Turnicidae
Turnix nigricollis (Gmelin 1789)
Reptilia - Numididae
Numida meleagris (Linnaeus 1758)
Reptilia - Bucerotiformes - Upupidae
Upupa marginata Cabanis and Heine 1860
Reptilia - Falconidae
Falco newtoni (Gurney 1863)
Reptilia - Procellariidae
Puffinus sp. Brisson 1760
Reptilia - Caprimulgiformes - Apodidae
Apus sp. Scopoli 1777
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Bernieridae
Thamnornis chloropetoides (Grandidier 1867)
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Vangidae
Vanga curvirostris (Linnaeus 1766)
Leptopterus viridis (Statius Muller 1776)
recombined as Artamella viridis
Cyanolanius madagascarinus (Linnaeus 1766)
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Acrocephalidae
Nesillas cf. lantzii (Grandidier 1867)
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Alaudidae
Mirafra hova Hartlaub 1860
recombined as Eremopterix hova
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Monarchidae
cf. Terpsiphone mutata (Linnaeus 1766)
"cf. Tersiphone mutata"
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Zosteropidae
Zosterops maderaspatana (Linnaeus 1766)
recombined as Zosterops maderaspatanus
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Corvidae
Corvus albus Muller 1776
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Ploceidae
Foudia madagascariensis (Linnaeus 1766)
Ploceus sakalava Hartlaub 1860
Reptilia - Gruiformes - Rallidae
Gallinula chloropus (Linnaeus 1758)
Reptilia - Cuculiformes - Cuculidae
Coua cursor Grandidier 1867
Coua cristata (Linnaeus 1766)
Reptilia - Psittaciformes - Psittacidae
Coracopsis vasa (Shaw 1812)
original and current combination Psittacus vasa
Reptilia - Columbiformes - Columbidae
Streptopelia picturata (Temminck 1813)
Reptilia - Strigiformes - Strigidae
Otus rutilus (Pucheran 1849)
Reptilia - Strigiformes - Tytonidae
Tyto alba (Scopoli 1769)
Reptilia - Aepyornithiformes - Aepyornithidae
Mullerornis sp. Milne-Edwards and Grandidier 1894
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Mantellidae
Laliostoma labrosa
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Ranidae
Ptychadena mascareniensis
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Microhylidae
Scaphiophryne sp. Boulenger 1882
see common names

Geography
Country:Madagascar State/province:Toliara
Coordinates: 25.2° South, 46.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:25.2° South, 46.6° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Holocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Holocene
Age range of interval:0.01170 - 0.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: sediments are from "a large collapsed-cave feature in Pleistocene eolianite (calcareous sandstone)" (Godfrey et al. 2006), and the lower unit yielding extinct vertebrates is stratigraphically mixed and "mid-to-late Holocene" (Burney et al. 2008)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: silty sandstone
Lithology description: "an upper unit, generally 10-20 cm thick, of brown humic silty sand" contains extant taxa and "a much thicker lower unit, of ca. 1 m to <3m thicknes, or coarser, lighter-colored sands" includes the extinct taxa
Environment:cave
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,selective quarrying,surface (in situ),sieve,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:D. Burney, W. Jungers, L. Godfrey Collection dates:2002, 2003
Collection method comments: Université d'Antananarivo collection
includes material from three sites: AHA-B (2002) and AHA-F and AHA-I (2003)
Metadata
Database number:92733
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Alroy
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:vertebrate
Created:2009-11-26 10:36:00 Last modified:2009-11-27 21:39:29
Access level:the public Released:2009-11-26 10:36:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
31261. D. A. Burney, N. Vasey, L. R. Godfrey, Ramilisonina, W. L. Jungers, M. Ramarolahy, and L. Raharivony. 2008. New findings at Andrahomana Cave, southeastern Madagascar. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 70(1):13-24 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

31260 L. R. Godfrey, W. L. Jungers, D. A. Burney, N. Vasey, Ramilisonina, W. Wheeler, P. Lemelin, L. J. Shapiro, G. T. Schwartz, S. J. King, M. F. Ramarolahy and G. F. N. Randria. 2006. New discoveries of skeletal elements of Hadropithecus stenognathus from Andrahomana Cave, southeastern Madagascar. Journal of Human Evolution 51(4):395-410 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]