MAD05-04 (SUNY): Maastrichtian, Madagascar
collected by D. Krause and crew 2005
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Noasauridae
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Masiakasaurus knopfleri
Sampson et al. 2001
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Carrano et al. 2011 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| UA 9190 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Abelisauridae
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Majungasaurus crenatissimus
(Depéret 1896)
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Burch and Carrano 2012 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| UA 9860 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Kinkonychelys rogersi
Gaffney et al. 2009
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1 individual | |||||||||
| FMNH PR 2650 | ||||||||||
| 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: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Altitude: | 150 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 |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Lithology description: "uppermost white sandstone unit" of the formation (now = Anembalemba Member) | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
| Feeding/predation traces: | arthropod boring |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | mechanical,field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | D. Krause and crew | Collection dates: | 2005 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 91206 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-09-10 21:36:56 | Last modified: | 2013-01-25 15:29:50 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-09-10 21:36:56 |
| 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:
| 42471 | S. H. Burch and M. T. Carrano. 2012. An articulated pectoral girdle and forelimb of the abelisaurid theropod Majungasaurus crenatissimus from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32(1):1-16 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 44450 | M. T. Carrano, M. A. Loewen, and J. J. W. Sertich. 2011. New materials of Masiakasaurus knopfleri Sampson, Carrano, and Forster, 2001, and implications for the morphology of the Noasauridae (Theropoda: Ceratosauria). Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 95:1-53 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/P. Mannion] |