MAD05-42 (SUNY) (Cretaceous of Madagascar)

Also known as Berivotra Study Area

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

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

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

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by D. Krause and crew in 2005

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ), mechanical,

Primary reference: R. R. Rogers, D. W. Krause, K. Curry Rogers, A. H. Rasoamiaramanana, and L. Rahantarisoa. 2007. Paleoenvironment and paleoecology of Majungasaurus crenatissimus (Theropoda: Abelisauridae) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar. In S. D. Sampson & D. W. Krause (eds.), Majungasaurus crenatissimus (Theropoda: Abelisauridae) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Memoir 8. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27(2, suppl.):21-31 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 85063: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 24.11.2008, edited by Philip Mannion

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Loricata -
Crocodyliformes indet. Hay 1930 crocodilian
Simosuchus clarki1 Buckley et al. 2000 pug-nosed crocodile
UA 9854 (isolated tooth)
 Theropoda - Noasauridae
Masiakasaurus knopfleri Sampson et al. 2001 ceratosaur
 Theropoda - Abelisauridae
Majungasaurus crenatissimus Depéret 1896 ceratosaur
FMNH PR 2832–2836, 2269, UA 9856, 9944, 10000
Aves
 Ornithothoraces -
Ornithothoraces indet.2 Chiappe and Calvo 1994 bird
FMNH PA 779
 Enantiornithes -
Enantiornithes indet.2 Walker 1981 bird
FMNH PA 780
Falcatakely forsterae n. gen. n. sp.3 O'Connor et al. 2020 bird
UA 10015 - holotype
 Ornithothoraces -
? Vorona berivotrensis2 Forster et al. 1996 bird
UA 9749-9751
Vorona berivotrensis2 Forster et al. 1996 bird
FMNH PA 782
Reptilia
 Saurischia -
Sauropoda indet. Marsh 1878 sauropod