Ampasambazimba (Pleistocene to of Madagascar)

Where: Madagascar (16.3° S, 47.8° E: paleocoordinates 16.3° S, 47.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene to Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• Radiocarbon dates (mean calibrated age) for Ampasambazimba range from 16,425 to 875 yr BP (n=43) (Crowley, 2010)

Environment/lithology: mire or swamp; lithology not reported

• Edge of a former lake created by the damming of a river by a lava flow. Subsequently, the lava barrier was downcut, and the lake drained and successionally infilled to form a marsh.

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the MNHN

Primary reference: R. D. E. MacPhee. 1994. Morphology, adaptations, and relationships of Plesiorycteropus, and a diagnosis of a new order of eutherian mammals. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 220:1-214 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 95824: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 30.04.2010, edited by Matthew Clapham

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Theriamorpha -
Plesiorycteropus germainepetterae n. sp. MacPhee 1994 placental
Aves
 Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
Aquila "sp. A"2 Linnaeus 1758 eagle
Aquila "sp. B"2 Linnaeus 1758 eagle
Stephanoaetus mahery n. sp.1 Goodman 1994 Malagasy crowned eagle
Buteo brachypterus2 Hartlaub 1860 Madagascar buzzard
 Cuculiformes - Cuculidae
Coua berthae3 Goodman and Ravoavy 1993 Bertha's coua
 Gruiformes - Rallidae
Gallinula chloropus2 Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian moorhen
 Anseriformes - Anatidae
Alopochen sirabensis2 Andrews 1897 Malagasy shelduck
Anas bernieri2 Hartlaub 1860 Bernier's teal
Anas melleri2 Sclater 1865 Meller's duck
Sarkidiornis melanotos2 Pennant 1769 comb duck
Centrornis majori2 Andrews 1897 Malagasy sheldgoose
 Aepyornithiformes - Aepyornithidae
Mullerornis sp.2 Milne-Edwards and Grandidier 1894 elephant bird
Aepyornis sp.2 Geoffroy 1850 elephant bird