Mevarana site 1: Maastrichtian, Madagascar
collected by F. Salètes & Landillon 1895
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
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Titanosaurus madagascariensis n. sp.
Depéret 1896
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nomen dubium belonging to Titanosauria | |||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Madagascar | State/province: | Mahajanga |
Coordinates: | 15.9° South, 46.5° East (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 30.1° South, 38.3° East | ||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
Altitude: | 7 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 |
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | argillaceous sandstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Environment: | fluvial-lacustrine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
Disassociated major elements: | some |
Disassociated minor elements: | some |
Fragmentation: | occasional |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | surface (float),surface (in situ),field collection | ||
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
Collectors: | F. Salètes & Landillon | Collection dates: | 1895 |
Collection method comments: F. Salètes was to construct a temporary hospital, and ordered Mr. Landillon (a regimental staff officer) to collect fossils. These were sent to C. Depéret in Lyon. |
Metadata
Also known as: | Maevarana, Meravana | ||
Database number: | 59691 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2006-04-07 11:13:57 | Last modified: | 2019-02-13 11:13:17 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-04-07 11:13:57 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
17093. | ETE | C. Depéret. 1896. Note sur les dinosauriens sauropodes & théropodes du Crétacé supérieur de Madagascar [Note on the sauropod and theropod dinosaurs from the Upper Cretaceous of Madagascar]. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, 3e série 24:176-194 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
54207 | M. Boule. 1902. Géologie [Geology]. In R. A. E. Blanchard, M. Boule, C. Delhorbe, E. D. del Castillo, H. Froideveaux, G. Grandidier, A. Lacroiz, E. A. Marre (eds.), Madagascar au Début du XXe Siècle 41-63 [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] |