Where: Mahajanga, Madagascar (16.2° S, 46.7° E: paleocoordinates 34.9° S, 37.8° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Ankazomihaboka Formation, Coniacian to Coniacian (89.8 - 83.6 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; sandstone and claystone
Size class: mesofossils
Reposited in the FMNH
Primary reference: M. D. Gottfried, R. R. Rogers, and K. A. Curry Rogers. 2004. First record of Late Cretaceous coelacanths from Madagascar. Recent Advances in the Origin and Early Radiation of Vertebrates, in G. Arratia, M. V. H. Wilson, and R. Cloutier (eds.), Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, München 687-691 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 46897: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 25.01.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri | |
Amiidae indet. Huxley 1861 bowfin | |
Reptilia | |
Pleurodira indet. Cope 1865 sideneck turtle | |
Sauropoda indet. sauropod | |
Theropoda indet. theropod | |
"Mesosuchia" indet. Huxley 1875 crocodilian | |
Osteichthyes | |
Ceratodus madagascariensis Priem 1924 lungfish | |
Coelacanthimorpha | |
Axelrodichthys sp. Maisey 1986 coelacanth |