Betsieka: Induan, Madagascar
collected by A. Massinot
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
|
Stegocephali
- Temnospondyli
|
|||||||
|
Protobatrachus massinoti n. gen., n. sp.
Piveteau 1804
|
jawed fish |
||||||
| recombined as Triadobatrachus massinoti | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Madagascar | State/province: | Antsiranana |
| Coordinates: | 12.7° South, 49.5° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 44.0° South, 42.6° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Early/Lower Triassic |
| Stage: | Induan | 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 1 |
| Key time interval: | Induan | ||
| Age range of interval: | 251.0 - 249.7 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: "Induan, that is early Triassic" |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | nodular lithified "shale" |
| Lithology description: fossils are from nodules within "shales" | |
| Environment: | paralic indet. |
| Geology comments: "littoral" | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,mold/impression,adpression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | MNHN |
| Collectors: | A. Massinot |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Betsiaka | ||
| Database number: | 92079 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-10-28 19:51:59 | Last modified: | 2009-10-28 21:51:59 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-10-28 19:51:59 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
|