MAD96-01 (SUNY): Maastrichtian, Madagascar
collected by T. Olivaux, F. Ravoavy 1989-1996

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes
Osteichthyes indet. Huxley 1880
Rogers et al. 2007
Reptilia - Noasauridae
Masiakasaurus knopfleri Sampson et al. 2001
Rogers et al. 2007 2 specimens
UA 9195; FMNH PR 2216
Reptilia - Abelisauridae
Majungatholus atopus Sues and Taquet 1979
Rogers et al. 2003 1 specimen
synonym of Majungasaurus crenatissimus
FMNH PR 2100 + UA 9089
Reptilia
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758
Rogers et al. 2007
Sauropoda indet. (Marsh 1878)
Rogers et al. 2007
Crocodyliformes indet. Hay 1930
Rogers et al. 2007
Simosuchus clarki Buckley et al. 2000
Krause et al. 2010
UA 9759 and 9760 (two isolated teeth)
Reptilia - Madtsoiidae
Madtsoia madagascariensis Hoffstetter 1961
LaDuke et al. 2010
Reptilia - Testudines
Testudines indet. Batsch 1788
Rogers et al. 2007
Mammalia
Mammalia indet. (Linnaeus 1758)
Rogers et al. 2007
Mammalia - Sudamericidae
Lavanify miolaka n. gen., n. sp. Krause et al. 1997
1 specimen
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:estimated from map
Altitude:151 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
Stratigraphy comments: "uppermost white sandstone unit" = Anembalemba Member
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:white sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:"channel"
Geology comments: "shallow and very broad channel-belt system characterized by an ephemeral and flood-prone discharge regime."
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Degree of concentration:-seasonal
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Spatial orientation:random
Preservation of anatomical detail:medium
Associated major elements:many
Disassociated major elements:some
Disassociated minor elements:some
Fragmentation:frequent
Feeding/predation traces:tooth marks
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Spatial resolution:parautochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:T. Olivaux, F. Ravoavy Collection dates:1989-1996
Metadata
Database number:39265
Authorizer:M. Carrano, P. Mannion Enterer:M. Carrano, P. Mannion
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2004-05-25 12:12:35 Last modified:2019-06-17 16:17:19
Access level:the public Released:2004-05-25 12:12:35
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
10611.ETE D. W. Krause, G. V. R. Prasad, W. Koenigswald, A. Sahni, and F. E. Grine. 1997. Cosmopolitanism among Gondwanan Late Cretaceous mammals. Nature 390:504-507 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/P. Holroyd]

Secondary references:

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]
24665ETE D. W. Krause, S. D. Sampson, M. T. Carrano and P. M. O'Connor. 2007. Overview of the history of discovery, taxonomy, phylogeny, and biogeography of Majungasaurus crenatissimus (Theropoda: Abelisauridae) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar. In S. D. Sampson & D. W. Krause (eds.), Majungasaurus crenatissimus (Theropoda: Abelisauridae) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Memoir 8. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27(2, suppl.):1-20 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/J. Alroy]
38067 D. W. Krause, J. J. W. Sertich, R. R. Rogers, S. C. Kast, A. H. Rasoamiaramanana and G. A. Buckley. 2010. Overview of the discovery, distribution, and geological context of Simosuchus clarki (Crocodyliformes: Notosuchia) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Memoir 10:4-12 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
32931ETE T. C. LaDuke, D. W. Krause, J. D. Scanlon and N. J. Kley. 2010. A Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) snake assemblage from the Maevarano Formation, Mahajanga Basin, Madagascar. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30(1):109-138 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
69203 N. O. Ratsinbaholison, R. N. Felice, and P. M. O'Connor. 2016. Ontogenetic changes in the craniomandibular skeleton of the abelisaurid dinosaur Majungasaurus crenatissimus from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 61(2):281-292 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
10610ETE R. R. Rogers, J. H. Hartman, and D. W. Krause. 2000. Stratigraphic analysis of Upper Cretaceous rocks in the Mahajanga Basin, northwestern Madagascar: implications for ancient and modern faunas. Journal of Geology 108:275-301 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
12923ETE R. R. Rogers, D. W. Krause, and K. Curry Rogers. 2003. Cannibalism in the Madagascan dinosaur Majungatholus atopus. Nature 422:515-518 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
28486 R. R. Rogers, D. W. Krause, K. Curry Rogers, A. H. Rasoamiaramanana, and L. Rahantarisoa. 2007. Paleoenvironment and paleoecology of Majungasaurus crenatissimus (Theropoda: Abelisauridae) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar. In S. D. Sampson & D. W. Krause (eds.), Majungasaurus crenatissimus (Theropoda: Abelisauridae) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Memoir 8. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27(2, suppl.):21-31 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
28568ETE S. D. Sampson and L. M. Witmer. 2007. Craniofacial anatomy of Majungasaurus crenatissimus (Theropoda: Abelisauridae) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar. In S. D. Sampson & D. W. Krause (eds.), Majungasaurus crenatissimus (Theropoda: Abelisauridae) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Memoir 8. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27(2, suppl.):32-102 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]