Berivotra microsite (MNHN): Maastrichtian, Madagascar
collected by MNHN expedition 1974

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes - Selachii
Selachii indet.
teeth
Actinopteri - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae
Pycnodontidae indet. (Agassiz 1833)
teeth
Reptilia - Madtsoiidae
Madtsoia madagascariensis Hoffstetter 1961
Reptilia - Lacertilia
Lacertilia indet. Owen 1842
1 specimen
Reptilia - Abelisauridae
Majungasaurus crenatissimus (Depéret 1896)
Reptilia - Nodosauridae
Nodosauridae indet. Marsh 1890
"ankylosaurine"; also "a nodosaurid"; osteoderms
Reptilia
Eusuchia indet. Huxley 1875
Reptilia - Crocodylia
Crocodylia indet. (Owen 1842)
"probably belong to a third species"
Reptilia
Mesosuchia indet. Huxley 1875
invalid subgroup of Mesoeucrocodylia
Reptilia - Testudines
Pleurodira indet. Cope 1865
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:222 meters
Geographic resolution:outcrop
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
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: "bed 3" - Maevarano Fm.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Disassociated major elements:some
Disassociated minor elements:none
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,sieve,field collection
Minimum sieve size:0.750
Rock censused:8000 cm3 (volume)
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Museum repositories:MNHN
Collectors:MNHN expedition Collection dates:1974
Collection method comments: dry-sifting; estimated original volume 8 m3 of matrix (32 m2 surface and 30 cm thick estimated original bed)
Metadata
Database number:70075
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2007-03-16 08:26:23 Last modified:2019-04-12 13:20:58
Access level:the public Released:2007-03-16 08:26:23
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
23528.ETE D. Russell, D. E. Russell, P. Taquet and H. Thomas. 1976. Nouvelles récoltes de vertébrés dans le terraines continentaux du Crétacé supérieur de la région de Majunga (Madagascar) [New collections of vertebrates in the Upper Cretaceous continental terrains of the Majunga region (Madagascar)]. Comptes Rendus de la Société Géologique de France 1976(5):205-208 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

24665ETE 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]
68574 P. Taquet. 1977. Les découvertes récentes de Dinosaures du Jurassique et du Crétacé en Afrique, au Proche et Moyen-Orient et en Inde [Recent discoveries of dinosaurs from the Jurassic and Cretaceous in Africa, the Near and Middle East, and India]. Mémoire Hors Serie—Société Géologique de France 8:325-330 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]