Anaborano, Ifasy River, upper level (Triassic of Madagascar)

Where: Madagascar (13.6° S, 48.8° E: paleocoordinates 44.2° S, 41.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Smithian (251.3 - 247.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: I. Vaillant-Couturier Treat. 1933. Paléontologie de Madagascar. XIX - Le Permo-Trias Marin. Annales de Paléontologie 22:39-96 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 119513: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 29.10.2011, edited by Bethany Allen

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Paranoritidae
"Aspidites cf. madagascariensis" = Paranorites madagascariensis
"Aspidites cf. madagascariensis" = Paranorites madagascariensis Diener 1914 ceratite
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Amphibia
 Temnospondyli - Rhytidosteidae
Mahavisaurus dentatus Lehman 1966 tetrapod
MSNM V2995, partial mandible and internal impression of skull roof
Holothuroidea
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? Holothuroidea indet. de Blainville 1834 sea cucumber
Irregular cylindrical impressions in nodules