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)
• Facies 2 of member, 9.6 m below top of formation and base of Berivotra Fm.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: crevasse splay; fine-grained, coarse, argillaceous sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils
Collected in 1993-1999
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 55270: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 04.10.2005, edited by Philip Mannion and Jonathan Tennant
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Adinophis fisaka n. gen. n. sp.4
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Ethmosestheria mahajangaensis n. gen. n. sp.5
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