tanety near Berivotra, R.N. 4: Maastrichtian, Madagascar
collected by R. Lavocat 1954
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
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Saurischia indet.
Seeley 1888
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1 individual | |||||||||
pelvis (1 m across) | ||||||||||
= Sauropoda indet.
Marsh 1878
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Lavocat 1955 | |||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Madagascar | State/province: | Mahajanga |
Coordinates: | 15.9° South, 46.6° East (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 30.0° South, 38.3° East | ||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
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 | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: below the Berivotra Limestone |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Fragmentation: | frequent |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | surface (float),field collection | ||
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
Collectors: | R. Lavocat | Collection dates: | 1954 |
Metadata
Also known as: | Berivotro | ||
Database number: | 199758 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2019-02-13 11:01:16 | Last modified: | 2019-02-13 11:01:25 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2019-02-13 11:01:16 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
34810. | ETE | R. Lavocat. 1955. Étude des gisements de dinosauriens de la region de Majunga (Madagascar) [Study of the dinosaur localities of the Majunga region (Madagascar)]. Haut Commissariat de Madagascar et Dependances, Direction des Mines et de la Géologie. Travaux du Bureau Geologique 69:1-19 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
34781 | ETE | R. Lavocat. 1955. Les recherches de reptiles fossiles à Madagascar [Researches on fossil reptiles in Madagascar]. Le Naturaliste Malgache 7(2):203-207 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
67930 | R. Lavocat. 1957. Sur les couches à dinosauriens de Madagascar [On the dinosaur beds of Madagascar]. Commission de Coopération Technique en Afrique au Sud du Sahara, Comités régionaux Centre, Est et Sud 2:363-364 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |