MAD05-61: Maastrichtian, Madagascar
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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| UA 9771 (right dentary) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Madagascar | State/province: | Mahajanga |
| Coordinates: | 16.0° South, 46.1° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 36.6° South, 43.1° East (Wright 2013) | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
| Key time interval: | Maastrichtian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 72.2 - 66 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Maevarano | Member: | Anembalemba |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Lithology description: "uppermost white sandstone unit" of the formation (now = Anembalemba Member) | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 122541 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Mannion | Enterer: | P. Mannion |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | ||
| Created: | 2012-01-02 21:03:07 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-01-02 21:03:07 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 39063. | E. S. Gaffney and D. W. Krause. 2011. Sokatra, a new side-necked turtle (Late Cretaceous, Madagascar) and the diversification of the main groups of Pelomedusoides. American Museum Novitates 3728:1-28 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |