Where: Mahajanga, Madagascar (15.9° S, 46.6° E: paleocoordinates 30.1° S, 38.3° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Anembalemba Member (Maevarano Formation), Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)
• "uppermost white sandstone unit" = Anembalemba Member
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected in 1993; reposited in the FMNH
Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,
Primary reference: P. M. O'Connor and C. A. Forster. 2010. A Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) avifauna from the Maevarano Formation, Madagascar. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30(4):1178-1201 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 99588: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 16.11.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
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