MAD96-21 (SUNY): Maastrichtian, Madagascar
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Testudines indet.
Batsch 1788
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Rogers et al. 2003 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Abelisauridae
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Majungatholus atopus
Sues and Taquet 1979
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1 individual | |||||||||
| synonym of Majungasaurus crenatissimus | ||||||||||
| UA 8678 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Sauropoda indet.
Marsh 1878
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Rogers et al. 2003 | |||||||||
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Crocodyliformes indet.
Hay 1930
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Rogers et al. 2003 | |||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
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Anura indet.
(Fischer von Waldheim 1813)
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Rogers et al. 2003 | |||||||||
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= Beelzebufo ampinga
Evans et al. 2008
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Evans et al. 2014 | |||||||||
| UA 9628 – right tibiofibula | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Madagascar | State/province: | Mahajanga |
| Coordinates: | 15.9° South, 46.6° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 30.1° South, 38.4° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Altitude: | 151 meters | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
| Key time interval: | Maastrichtian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Maevarano | Member: | Anembalemba | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: "uppermost white sandstone unit" = Anembalemba Member | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | white sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | "channel" |
| Geology comments: "shallow and very broad channel-belt system characterized by an ephemeral and flood-prone discharge regime." | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | -seasonal |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | random |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Associated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated minor elements: | some |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
| Bioerosion: | frequent |
| Feeding/predation traces: | tooth marks |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taphonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 48389 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano, P. Mannion | Enterer: | M. Carrano, J. Tennant |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-03-17 14:04:20 | Last modified: | 2008-11-14 16:26:57 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-03-17 14:04:20 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 8733. | S. D. Sampson, L. M. Witmer, C. A. Forster, D. W. Krause, P. M. O'Connor, P. Dodson, and F. Ravoavy. 1998. Predatory dinosaur remains from Madagascar: implications for the Cretaceous biogeography of Gondwana. Science 280:1048-1051 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 49974 | S. E. Evans, J. R. Groenke, M. E. H. Jones, A. H. Turner, and D. W. Krause. 2014. New material of Beelzebufo, a hyperossified frog (Amphibia: Anura) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar. PLoS One 9(1):e87236 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant] | |
| 24665 | ETE | D. W. Krause, S. D. Sampson, M. T. Carrano and P. M. O'Connor. 2007. Overview of the history of discovery, taxonomy, phylogeny, and biogeography of Majungasaurus crenatissimus (Theropoda: Abelisauridae) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar. In S. D. Sampson & D. W. Krause (eds.), Majungasaurus crenatissimus (Theropoda: Abelisauridae) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Memoir 8. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27(2, suppl.):1-20 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/J. Alroy] |
| 12923 | ETE | R. R. Rogers, D. W. Krause, and K. Curry Rogers. 2003. Cannibalism in the Madagascan dinosaur Majungatholus atopus. Nature 422:515-518 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 28486 | R. R. Rogers, D. W. Krause, K. Curry Rogers, A. H. Rasoamiaramanana, and L. Rahantarisoa. 2007. Paleoenvironment and paleoecology of Majungasaurus crenatissimus (Theropoda: Abelisauridae) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar. In S. D. Sampson & D. W. Krause (eds.), Majungasaurus crenatissimus (Theropoda: Abelisauridae) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Memoir 8. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27(2, suppl.):21-31 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 28568 | ETE | S. D. Sampson and L. M. Witmer. 2007. Craniofacial anatomy of Majungasaurus crenatissimus (Theropoda: Abelisauridae) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar. In S. D. Sampson & D. W. Krause (eds.), Majungasaurus crenatissimus (Theropoda: Abelisauridae) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Memoir 8. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27(2, suppl.):32-102 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |