Where: Mahajanga, Madagascar (15.6° S, 47.7° E: paleocoordinates 23.4° S, 26.3° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Isalo IIIb Formation, Bathonian (168.3 - 166.1 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collected by G. Pasini in 2001
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (float),
Primary reference: S. Maganuco, A. Cau, and G. Pasini. 2005. First description of theropod remains from the Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) of Madagascar. Atti della SocietĂ Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano 146(2):165-202 [M. Carrano/K. Maguire/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 55747: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Kaitlin Maguire on 03.11.2005, edited by Philip Mannion and Matthew Carrano
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Neosauropoda indet. Bonaparte 1986 sauropod MSNM V621; J8 morphotype = Taxon D; identified as belonging either to Diplodocoidea (Dicraeosauridae?) or Titanosauria
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