Where: Mahajanga, Madagascar (15.9° S, 46.5° E: paleocoordinates 30.1° S, 38.3° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Maevarano Formation, Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collected by Decorse in 1900; reposited in the MNHN
Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),
Primary reference: M. Boule. 1900. Note sur quelques fossiles de Madagascar parvenus récemment au Laboratoire de Paléontologie [Note on some fossils from Madagascar recently brought to the Paleontology Laboratory]. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 6:201 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 51252: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 01.06.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
"Megalosaurus crenatissimus" = Majungasaurus crenatissimus
"Megalosaurus crenatissimus" = Majungasaurus crenatissimus Depéret 1896 ceratosaur | |
Titanosaurus madagascariensis Depéret 1896 sauropod |