MAD03-23 (Cretaceous of Madagascar)

Where: Mahajanga, Madagascar (16.0° S, 46.1° E: paleocoordinates 30.1° S, 37.8° 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; sandstone

• "uppermost white sandstone unit" of the formation (now = Anembalemba Member)

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying,

Primary reference: D. W. Krause, J. J. W. Sertich, R. R. Rogers, S. C. Kast, A. H. Rasoamiaramanana and G. A. Buckley. 2010. Overview of the discovery, distribution, and geological context of Simosuchus clarki (Crocodyliformes: Notosuchia) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Memoir 10:4-12 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 118210: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 08.10.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Loricata -
Simosuchus clarki
Simosuchus clarki Buckley et al. 2000 pug-nosed crocodile
UA 9754 (right ectopterygoid, two complete osteoderms, and numerous osteoderm fragments)
 Squamata - Madtsoiidae
Madtsoia madagascariensis
Madtsoia madagascariensis Hoffstetter 1961 snake