2010-10 (Miocene of Madagascar)

Also known as East Annex

Where: Madagascar (15.7° S, 45.9° E: paleocoordinates 16.5° S, 43.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)

• Eggenburgian

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected by Perrier de la Bathie, Collignon & Cottereau, Lavocat in 1920s, 1954

Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),

Primary reference: K. E. Samonds, R. A. Ernat, T. Andrianvalona and D. P. Domning. 2019. New Miocene sirenians from Nosy Makamby, northwestern Madagascar. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology e1570223 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 200774: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 17.04.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Sirenia - Dugongidae
Dugongidae indet. Gray 1821 dugong
Metaxytherium cf. krahuletzi Depéret 1895 dugong