Where: Mahajanga, Madagascar (16.1° S, 45.7° E: paleocoordinates 30.3° S, 37.4° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Lac Kinkony Member (Maevarano Formation), Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; pebbly, white sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collected in 2010
Collection methods: bulk, surface (in situ), sieve,
Primary reference: R. R. Rogers, D. W. Krause, S. C. Kast, M. S. Marshall, L. Rahantarisoa, C. R. Robins, and J. J. W. Sertich. 2013. A new, richly fossiliferous member comprised of tidal deposits in the Upper Cretaceous Maevarano Formation, northwestern Madagascar. Cretaceous Research 44:12-29 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 154152: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Jonathan Tennant on 28.01.2014, edited by Philip Mannion and Matthew Carrano
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Actinopterygii indet. Cope 1887 ray-finned fish | |
| Actinopteri | |
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Paralbula sp. Blake 1940 | |
| Amphibia | |
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Beelzebufo ampinga1 Evans et al. 2008 frog UA 9957 – right tibiale-fibulare; UA 9958 – left nasal fragment
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| Reptilia | |
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Testudinata indet. Oppel 1811 turtle | |
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Indophis fanambinana n. sp.3
Indophis fanambinana n. sp.3 Pritchard et al. 2014 snake UA 9942 - type (posterior trunk vertebra); referred material: FMNH PR 3047, postcloacal vertebra; FMNH PR 3048, mid-trunk vertebra; FMNH PR 3057, anterior trunk vertebra
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Crocodyliformes indet. crocodilian | |
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Theropoda indet. Marsh 1881 theropod | |
| Mammalia | |
Vintana sertichi n. gen. n. sp.2
Vintana sertichi n. gen. n. sp.2 Krause et al. 2014 mammal UA 9972 - holotype (complete and well-preserved cranium)
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| Gastropoda | |
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