Ambarakaraka, Ankitohazo basin (MP) (Triassic of Madagascar)

Where: Madagascar (13.5° S, 48.9° E: paleocoordinates 45.1° S, 40.8° E)

When: Dienerian (250.5 - 251.2 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Muséum de Paris

Primary reference: J.-P. Lehman. 1952. Etude complémentaire des poissons de l'Eotrias de Madagascar. Kungliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar 2:1-201 [M. Clapham/P. Vazquez/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 153378: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Priscilla Vazquez on 12.12.2013

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Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Palaeonisciformes - Rhadinichthyidae
Actinopteri
 Perleidiformes - Perleididae
"Perleidus madagascariensis" = Teffichthys madagascariensis
"Perleidus madagascariensis" = Teffichthys madagascariensis Piveteau 1934
Coelacanthimorpha
 Coelacanthiformes - Whiteiidae
Whiteia woodwardi Moy-Thomas 1935 coelacanth
Whiteia tuberculata Moy-Thomas 1935 coelacanth
Osteichthyes
 Parasemionotiformes - Parasemionotidae
Jacobulus novus Lehman 1952 ray-finned fish
Stensionotus intercessus Lehman 1952 ray-finned fish
Watsonulus eugnathoides Piveteau 1935 ray-finned fish
Parasemionotus labordei Priem 1924 ray-finned fish
 Ptycholepiformes - Ptycholepididae
Boreosomus gillioti Priem 1924 ray-finned fish
 Pholidopleuriformes - Pholidopleuridae
Australosomus merlei Piveteau 1930 ray-finned fish
 Saurichthyiformes - Saurichthyidae
Saurichthys sp. Agassiz 1834 ray-finned fish
"Saurichthys madagascariensis" = Saurichthys (Eosaurichthys) madagascariensis Piveteau 1945 ray-finned fish
Saurichthys stensioi Lehman 1952 ray-finned fish