MAD07-25, Lac Kinkony Study Area: Maastrichtian, Madagascar
collected by R. Rogers 2007
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Kinkonychelys rogersi n. gen., n. sp.
Gaffney et al. 2009
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1 individual | |||||||||
| UA 9748 | ||||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
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Beelzebufo ampinga
Evans et al. 2008
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Evans et al. 2014 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Madagascar | State/province: | Mahajanga |
| Coordinates: | 16.1° South, 45.7° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 30.3° South, 37.4° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| 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: | Lac Kinkony | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: unnamed member above typical exposures of Masorobe and Anembalemba Mbs., likely correlative with Miadana Mb. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray silty claystone |
| Secondary lithology: | white calcareous sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "upper few centimeters of a bed of gray silty claystone intercalated immediately beneath a bed of white calcareous sandstone that shows evidence of tidal influence." | |
| Environment: | delta plain |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Associated major elements: | some |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | R. Rogers | Collection dates: | 2007 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 91203 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano, P. Mannion | Enterer: | M. Carrano, J. Tennant |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-09-10 21:30:58 | Last modified: | 2022-02-10 20:24:24 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-09-10 21:30:58 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 30695. | ETE | 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] |
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] | |
| 46839 | R. R. Rogers, D. W. Krause, S. C. Kast, M. S. Marshall, L. Rahantarisoa, C. R. Robins, and J. J. W. Sertich. 2013. A new, richly fossiliferous member comprised of tidal deposits in the Upper Cretaceous Maevarano Formation, northwestern Madagascar. Cretaceous Research 44:12-29 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant/M. Carrano] |