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Name:
Common name:
Marine bivalve molluscs, True oysters
Synonym:
Agerostrea larva, (Lamarck 1819)
Family / Genus / Species / Binom / Author:
Ostreidae → Alectryonia → ungulata → Alectryonia ungulata → Schlotheim, 1813
Location:
Marovoay, Mahajanga / Madagascar
Geological Age:
Cretaceous [kr], Upper Cretaceous [kro], Maastrichtian [krma] / approx. 70 million years
Size of the fossil:
Length: 7,5 cm
Width: 3,7 cm
Height: 4,8 cm
Weight:
These bizarre fossil oysters from Madagascar are rare and only recently available. Only a small amount of material leaves Madagascar because no processing takes place in the country (not sawn, ground or polished) and an export is therefore not eligible for approval. The preparation of the fossils does not fall under processing and thus added value at the Malagasy customs.
