south of RN4, Berivotra (MSNM/MCF) (Cretaceous of Madagascar)

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

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

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

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; claystone

Size class: mesofossils

Collected in 2000-2001

Collection methods: surface (float),

• collected over several years by Museo Civico di Storia Naturale (Milano), Museo Civico dei Fossili (Besano), Ministère de l'Énergie et des Mines, & Direction des Mines et de la Géologie de Madagascar

Primary reference: F. Fanti and F. Therrien. 2007. Theropod tooth assemblages from the Late Cretaceous Maevarano Formation and the possible presence of dromaeosaurids in Madagascar. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 52(1):155-166 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 71399: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 24.04.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Theropoda - Dromaeosauridae
aff. Dromaeosauridae indet. Colbert and Russell 1969 maniraptoran
possibly noasaurid
 Theropoda - Abelisauridae
Abelisauridae indet. Bonaparte and Novas 1985 ceratosaur
MSNM V5255-56, 5267, 5276, 5509-10, 6419-21
"Majungatholus atopus" = Majungasaurus crenatissimus Depéret 1896 ceratosaur
 Theropoda - Noasauridae
Masiakasaurus knopfleri Sampson et al. 2001 ceratosaur