Mahajanga Basin (Cretaceous of Madagascar)

Also known as Miadanasuchus ("Trematochampsa") oblita type locality

Where: Mahajanga, Madagascar (15.7° S, 46.3° E: paleocoordinates 29.9° S, 38.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

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

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the MNHN

Primary reference: E. Buffetaut and P. Taquet. 1979. Un nouveau Crocodilien mésosuchien dans le Campanien de Madagascar: Trematochampsa oblita, n. sp. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France 2:183-188 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 114828: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 25.08.2011

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Loricata - Peirosauridae
"Trematochampsa oblita n. sp." = Miadanasuchus oblita
"Trematochampsa oblita n. sp." = Miadanasuchus oblita Buffetaut and Taquet 1979 crocodilian
MNHN MAJ 3 -type - three mandibular fragments and a partial surangular