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 | |
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Abelisauridae indet., "Majungatholus atopus" = Majungasaurus crenatissimus
Abelisauridae indet. Bonaparte and Novas 1985 ceratosaur MSNM V5255-56, 5267, 5276, 5509-10, 6419-21
"Majungatholus atopus" = Majungasaurus crenatissimus Depéret 1896 ceratosaur | |
Masiakasaurus knopfleri Sampson et al. 2001 ceratosaur |