Where: Toliara, Madagascar (25.2° S, 46.6° E: paleocoordinates 25.2° S, 46.6° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• 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)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: cave; silty sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collected by D. Burney, W. Jungers, L. Godfrey in 2002, 2003
Collection methods: bulk, quarrying, surface (in situ), sieve,
• Université d'Antananarivo collection
•includes material from three sites: AHA-B (2002) and AHA-F and AHA-I (2003)
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 92733: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.11.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Amphibia | |
Laliostoma labrosa frog | |
Scaphiophryne sp. Boulenger 1882 frog | |
Mammalia | |
Macrotarsomys bastardi big-footed mouse
Macrotarsomys petteri big-footed mouse
Eliurus myoxinus tufted-tailed rat | |
Rattus sp. Fischer 1803 rat
Mus musculus Linnaeus 1758 house mouse | |
Lemur catta Linnaeus 1758 ring-tailed lemur | |
Archaeolemur majori Filhol 1895 monkey lemur | |
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Microcebus sp. Geoffroy 1827 mouse lemur
Cheirogaleus medius Geoffroy 1812 fat-tailed dwarf lemur | |
Propithecus verreauxi Grandidier 1867 sifaka | |
Suncus madagascariensis white-toothed shrew | |
Hipposideros commersoni roundleaf bat
Triaenops furculus trident bat | |
Eidolon dupreanum fruit bat
Rousettus madagascariensis rousette | |
Miniopterus gleni bend-winged bat | |
Mops leucostigma greater mastiff bat
Mormopterus jugularis free-tailed bat | |
Hippopotamus lemerlei Milne Edwards 1868 hippo | |
Bos indicus Linnaeus 1758 ox | |
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Echinops telfairi, Geogale aurita, Setifer setosus, Tenrec ecaudatus, Microgale brevicaudata, Microgale longicaudata, Microgale nasoloi, Microgale pusilla, Microgale macpheei
Echinops telfairi Martin 1838 lesser hedgehog tenrec
Geogale aurita Milne-Edwards and Grandidier 1872 Large-eared tenrec
Setifer setosus Froriep 1806 greater hedgehog tenrec
Tenrec ecaudatus Schreber 1778 common tenrec
Microgale brevicaudata shrew tenrec
Microgale longicaudata shrew tenrec
Microgale nasoloi shrew tenrec
Microgale pusilla shrew tenrec
Microgale macpheei shrew tenrec | |
Reptilia | |
Geochelone radiata, "Dipsochelys sp." = Aldabrachelys
Geochelone radiata Shaw 1802 Radiated tortoise
"Dipsochelys sp." = Aldabrachelys Loveridge and Williams 1957 turtle | |
Pelomedusa subrufa Bonaterre 1789 Helmeted turtle | |
Acrantophis sp. Jan 1860 boa | |
Leioheterodon sp. Boulenger 1893 Malagasy hognose snake | |
Zonosaurus cf. trilineatus zonosaur | |
Paroedura sp. Günther 1879 Madagascar ground gecko | |
Crocodylus niloticus Laurenti 1768 Nile crocodile | |
Aves | |
Turnix nigricollis Gmelin 1789 Madgascar buttonquail | |
Falco newtoni Gurney 1863 Madagascar kestrel | |
Apus sp. Scopoli 1777 swift | |
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Thamnornis chloropetoides Grandidier 1867 thamnornis | |
"Zosterops maderaspatana" = Zosterops maderaspatanus
"Zosterops maderaspatana" = Zosterops maderaspatanus Linnaeus 1766 Madagascar white-eye | |
Foudia madagascariensis Linnaeus 1766 red fody
Ploceus sakalava Hartlaub 1860 sakalava weaver | |
Cyanolanius madagascarinus Linnaeus 1766 blue vanga
"Leptopterus viridis" = Artamella viridis Statius Muller 1776 white-headed vanga
Vanga curvirostris Linnaeus 1766 hook-billed vanga | |
Corvus albus Muller 1776 pied crow | |
Nesillas cf. lantzii Grandidier 1867 subdesert brush-warbler | |
"Mirafra hova" = Eremopterix hova
"Mirafra hova" = Eremopterix hova Hartlaub 1860 Madagascar lark | |
Streptopelia picturata Temminck 1813 Madagascar turtle-dove | |
"Coracopsis vasa" = Psittacus vasa
"Coracopsis vasa" = Psittacus vasa Shaw 1812 greater vasa-parrot | |
Coua cristata Linnaeus 1766 crested coua
Coua cursor Grandidier 1867 running coua | |
Otus rutilus Pucheran 1849 Malagasy scops-owl | |
Tyto alba Scopoli 1769 barn owl | |
Gallinula chloropus Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian moorhen | |
Puffinus sp. Brisson 1760 shearwater | |
Mullerornis sp. Milne-Edwards and Grandidier 1894 elephant bird | |
Upupa marginata Cabanis and Heine 1860 Madagascar hoopoe | |
Numida meleagris Linnaeus 1758 helmeted guineafowl |