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Taxonomic list
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Traversodontidae
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Menadon besairiei
Flynn et al. 2000
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1 individual | |||||||||
| FMNH PR 2444, partial skull and postcrania | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Madagascar | State/province: | Toliara |
| Coordinates: | 22.2° South, 45.0° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 43.9° South, 30.6° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Isalo | Formation: | Isalo II | Member: | Lower |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Unit is known as either the Makay Formation or "Isalo II"; basal part of unit. This formation is of uncertain age and is generally considered Ladinian or Carnian; Langer et al. (2000) support a Carnian age based upon palynology and their interpretation of the phylogenetic position of the rhynchosaur material. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (float),field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | FMNH | ||
| Collectors: | Flynn et al. | Collection dates: | 1998 |
| Collection method comments: Noted that it was collected from an "erosional surface" | |||
Metadata
| Database number: | 96281 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Butler | Enterer: | R. Butler |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-05-31 09:25:23 | Last modified: | 2018-06-27 14:50:52 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-05-31 09:25:23 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 32657. | C. F. Kammerer, J. J. Flynn, L. Ranivoharimanana and A. R. Wyss. 2008. New material of Menadon besairiei (Cynodontia: Traversodontidae) from the Triassic of Madagascar. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28(2):445-462 [R. Butler/R. Butler] |