Where: Mahajanga, Madagascar (16.1° S, 45.7° E: paleocoordinates 30.3° S, 37.4° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Lac Kinkony Member (Maevarano Formation), Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)
• unnamed member above typical exposures of Masorobe and Anembalemba Mbs., likely correlative with Miadana Mb.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: delta plain; gray, silty claystone and white, calcareous sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by R. Rogers in 2007
Collection methods: surface (in situ), mechanical,
Primary reference: E. S. Gaffney, D. W. Krause, and I. S. Zalmout. 2009. Kinkonychelys, a new side-necked turtle (Pelomedusoides: Bothremydidae) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar. American Museum Novitates 3662:1-25 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 91203: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 10.09.2009, edited by Jonathan Tennant
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Kinkonychelys rogersi n. gen. n. sp.
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Amphibia | |
Beelzebufo ampinga Evans et al. 2008 frog |