MAD07-66 (SUNY) (Cretaceous of Madagascar)

Also known as Berivotra

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

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in 2007

Primary reference: E. S. Gaffney and D. W. Krause. 2011. Sokatra, a new side-necked turtle (Late Cretaceous, Madagascar) and the diversification of the main groups of Pelomedusoides. American Museum Novitates 3728:1-28 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 122542: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 02.01.2012

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines - Sahonachelyidae
Sokatra antitra Gaffney and Krause 2011 sideneck turtle
UA 9866 (left dentary)