PBDB Collection

MAD93-34 (SUNY) (Cretaceous of Madagascar)

Where: Mahajanga, Madagascar (15.9° S, 46.6° E: paleocoordinates 30.1° S, 38.4° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• described as Campanian but now considered Maastrichtian

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

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

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

Primary reference: P. Dodson, D. W. Krause, C. A. Forster, S. D. Sampson, and F. Ravoavy. 1998. Titanosaurid (Sauropoda) osteoderms from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 18(3):563-568 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 55269: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 04.10.2005, edited by Philip Mannion and Jonathan Tennant

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
Squamata - Madtsoiidae	Madtsoia madagascariensis⁵ Madtsoia madagascariensis⁵ Hoffstetter 1961 snake
Testudines - Sahonachelyidae	Sokatra antitra³ Sokatra antitra³ Gaffney and Krause 2011 sideneck turtle UA 9770 (right parietal)
Loricata -	Simosuchus clarki⁴ Simosuchus clarki⁴ Buckley et al. 2000 pug-nosed crocodile UA 9757 (isolated tooth)
Loricata - Mahajangasuchidae	Mahajangasuchus insignis⁶ Mahajangasuchus insignis⁶ Buckley and Brochu 1999 Mahajanga crocodile UA 9047
Theropoda - Noasauridae	Masiakasaurus knopfleri¹ Masiakasaurus knopfleri¹ Sampson et al. 2001 ceratosaur UA 9186, 9188
Saurischia - Titanosauridae	Titanosauridae indet. Titanosauridae indet. Lydekker 1885 titanosaurid osteoderm, skeletal elements
Amphibia
Salientia -	Beelzebufo ampinga² Beelzebufo ampinga² Evans et al. 2008 frog UA 9631 – fragment of right squamosal, including suture with frontoparietal; UA 9632 – cranial or vertebral spine table fragment; FMNH PR 2499 – partial right maxilla; FMNH PR 2500 – partial posterior process of right quadratojugal; FMNH PR 2501 – partial right quadratajugal

¹Carrano et al. 2011; ²Evans et al. 2014; ³Gaffney and Krause 2011; ⁴Krause et al. 2010; ⁵LaDuke et al. 2010; ⁶Turner and Buckley 2008