Mevarana site 2: Maastrichtian, Madagascar
collected by F. Salètes & Landillon 1895

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Testudines
Chelonia indet. (Latreille 1800)
synonym of Testudines
carapace
Reptilia - Abelisauridae
Megalosaurus crenatissimus n. sp. Depéret 1896
6 specimens
recombined as Majungasaurus crenatissimus
teeth, ungula, vertebrae (FSL)
see common names

Geography
Country:Madagascar State/province:Mahajanga
Coordinates: 15.9° South, 46.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:30.1° South, 38.3° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Altitude:107 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
Degree of concentration:dispersed
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Disassociated major elements:many
Disassociated minor elements:some
Fragmentation:frequent
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (float),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:59692
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2006-04-07 11:18:35 Last modified:2019-02-13 11:13:24
Access level:the public Released:2006-04-07 11:18:35
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]
17113ETE C. Depéret and J. Savornin. 1928. La faune de Reptiles et de Poissons albiens de Timimoun (Sahara algérien) [The Albian reptile and fish fauna of Timimoun (Algerian Sahara)]. Bulletin de la Societé Géologique de France, 4e série 27:257-265 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
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]
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]