Vavaranonantsahalava (MSNM) (Cretaceous of Madagascar)

Also known as Berivotra

Where: Mahajanga, Madagascar (15.9° S, 46.6° E: paleocoordinates 30.1° S, 38.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• 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

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in 2001

Collection methods: surface (float),

• joint expedition, Museum di Storia Naturale di Milano (MSNM) and Museo Civico dei Fossili di Besano

Primary reference: S. Maganuco, A. Cau, and G. Pasini. 2008. New information on the abelisaurid pedal elements from the Late Cretaceous of NW Madagascar (Mahajanga Basin). Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano 149(2):239-252 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 88176: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 02.04.2009

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Theropoda - Abelisauridae
Abelisauridae indet. Bonaparte and Novas 1985 ceratosaur
MSNM V6418