Lake Ankitsanibé (Jurassic of Madagascar)

Also known as Antsohihi, Antrisanibé

Where: Mahajanga, Madagascar (14.9° S, 48.0° E: paleocoordinates 23.1° S, 26.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Isalo III Formation, Bathonian (168.3 - 166.1 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified, calcareous sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Bastard in the 1890s; reposited in the MNHN

Primary reference: M. Boule. 1896. Note préliminaire sur les débris de dinosauriens envoyés au Muséum par M. Bastard [Preliminary note on the dinosaurian remains brought to the Muséum by Mr. Bastard]. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 2:347-351 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 67206: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 14.11.2006

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Saurischia -
? Bothriospondylus madagascariensis Lydekker 1895 sauropod
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