Andrahomana Cave (historical collections): Holocene, Madagascar
collected by F. Sikora, C. Allaud, Lt. Gaulbert, G. Grandidier, M. F. Geay, R. Decary 1899-1902, 1906, 1926
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Chiroptera
- Pteropodidae
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Rousettus madagascariensis
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| formerly Pelophilous | ||||||||||
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Pteropus rufus
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| formerly Pteropus edwardsi | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Tenrecidae
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Geogale aurita
Milne-Edwards and Grandidier 1872
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| formerly Cryptogale | ||||||||||
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Tenrec ecaudatus
(Schreber 1778)
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| formerly Centetes | ||||||||||
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Microgale principula
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| formerly Paramicrogale decaryi | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Muridae
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Rattus sp.
Fischer 1803
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| formerly Mus decumanus | ||||||||||
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Mus musculus
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Nesomyidae
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Hypogeomys australis
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Nesomys rufus
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Lemuridae
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Pachylemur insignis
(Filhol 1895)
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| formerly Lemur insignis | ||||||||||
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Lemur catta
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Archaeolemuridae
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Archaeolemur majori
Filhol 1895
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Godfrey et al. 2006 | |||||||||
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Archaeolemur edwardsi
Filhol 1895
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Hadropithecus stenognathus n. gen., n. sp.
(Lorenz von Liburnau 1899)
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Godfrey et al. 2006 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Megaladapidae
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Megaladapis madagascariensis
Forsyth Major 1894
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Megaladapis edwardsi
Grandidier 1899
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Godfrey et al. 2006 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Cheirogaleidae
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Cheirogaleus medius
Geoffroy 1812
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| formerly Cheirogaleus samati | ||||||||||
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Microcebus sp.
Geoffroy 1827
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| formerly Cheirogaleus myoxinus | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Indriidae
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Propithecus verreauxi
Grandidier 1867
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Avahi laniger
(Gmelin 1788)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Canis familiaris
Linnaeus 1758
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| "Canis lupus familiaris" | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Eupleridae
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Cryptoprocta ferox
Bennett 1833
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| "var. nov. spelea, large size" | ||||||||||
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Fossa fossana
(Muller 1776)
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| "'Vivera fosa' (var. nov. alluaudi, large size)" (meaning Viverra fossa = Fossa fossana) | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bos indicus
Linnaeus 1758
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| formerly Bos madagascariensis | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Hippopotamidae
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Hippopotamus lemerlei
Milne Edwards 1868
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Dipsochelys sp.
Bour 1982
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| formerly Geochelone (Testudo) grandidieri | ||||||||||
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Geochelone radiata
Shaw 1802
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| formerly Geochelone (Testudo) radiata | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Crocodilus robustus
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Reptilia
- Anseriformes
- Anatidae
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Centrornis sp.
Andrews 1897
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Reptilia
- Aepyornithiformes
- Aepyornithidae
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Aepyornis sp.
Geoffroy 1850
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Madagascar | State/province: | Toliara |
| Coordinates: | 25.2° South, 46.6° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | |||
| 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: | 0.0117 - 0 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 |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (in situ),survey of museum collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | BMNH,MNHN | ||
| Collectors: | F. Sikora, C. Allaud, Lt. Gaulbert, G. Grandidier, M. F. Geay, R. Decary | Collection dates: | 1899-1902, 1906, 1926 |
| Collection method comments: most historical collections come from the 1899 excavations and were reposited at the NHM and Naturhistorisches Museum in Vienna, but additional MNHN material was recovered by C. Allaud, Lt. Gaulbert, G. Grandidier in 1900, 1901, and 1902, M. F. Geay in 1906, and R. Decary in 1926 (Burney et al. 2008) | |||
Metadata
| Database number: | 92732 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-11-26 10:18:41 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-11-26 10:18:41 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
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] |