Where: Mahajanga, Madagascar (15.9° S, 46.6° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 36.6° S, 43.8° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Anembalemba Member (Maevarano Formation), Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),
• 11 different expeditions
Primary reference: S. E. Evans, J. R. Groenke, M. E. H. Jones, A. H. Turner, and D. W. Krause. 2014. New material of Beelzebufo, a hyperossified frog (Amphibia: Anura) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar. PLoS One 9(1):e87236 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 154139: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Jonathan Tennant on 28.01.2014
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Amphibia | |
Beelzebufo ampinga Evans et al. 2008 frog FMNH PR 2498 – cranial fragment; FMNH PR 2536 – right fused squamosal-quadratojugal flange; FMNH PR 2537 – squamosal fragment
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