MAD03-03 (SUNY) (Cretaceous of Madagascar)

Where: Mahajanga, Madagascar (15.9° S, 46.6° E: paleocoordinates 30.1° S, 38.4° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Masorobe Member (Maevarano Formation), Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandstone

• "uppermost white sandstone unit" of the formation (now = Anembalemba Member)

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in 2003

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ),

Primary reference: D. W. Krause, J. J. W. Sertich, R. R. Rogers, S. C. Kast, A. H. Rasoamiaramanana and G. A. Buckley. 2010. Overview of the discovery, distribution, and geological context of Simosuchus clarki (Crocodyliformes: Notosuchia) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Memoir 10:4-12 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 118203: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 08.10.2011, edited by Matthew Carrano

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Loricata -
Simosuchus clarki
Simosuchus clarki Buckley et al. 2000 pug-nosed crocodile
UA 9762 (partial frontal and 36 partial osteoderms)
 Theropoda - Noasauridae
Masiakasaurus knopfleri
Masiakasaurus knopfleri Sampson et al. 2001 ceratosaur
FMNH PR 2457