Ambohimanatrika: Bathonian, Madagascar

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
Theropoda indet. (Marsh 1881)
1 specimen
MSNM V6234
Ceratosauria indet. (Marsh 1884)
1 specimen
MSNM V6235
see common names

Geography
Country:Madagascar State/province:Mahajanga
Coordinates: 16.5° South, 47.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:23.9° South, 25.3° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Middle Jurassic
Stage:Bathonian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 4
Key time interval:Bathonian
Age range of interval:168.20000 - 165.30000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Isalo IIIb
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Degree of concentration:dispersed
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Associated major elements:some
Disassociated major elements:some
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (float),field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:88178
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:M. Carrano
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2009-04-02 14:32:13 Last modified:2017-05-23 16:34:15
Access level:the public Released:2009-04-02 14:32:13
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

29607.ETE S. Maganuco, A. Cau, C. Dal Sasso and G. Pasini. 2007. Evidence of large theropods from the Middle Jurassic of the Mahajanga Basin, NW Madagascar, with implications for ceratosaurian peal ungual evolution. Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano 148(2):261-271 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]