PBDB Collection

MAD93-33 (SUNY) (Cretaceous of Madagascar)

Where: Mahajanga, Madagascar (15.9° S, 46.6° E: paleocoordinates 30.1° S, 38.4° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Anembalemba Member (Maevarano Formation), Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

• described as Campanian but now considered Maastrichtian

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: "channel"; yellow sandstone

• "shallow and very broad channel-belt system characterized by an ephemeral and flood-prone discharge regime."

• "uppermost white sandstone unit" of the formation (now = Anembalemba Member)

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

• many more fossils collected from this locality in 1993; none are listed in primary reference

Primary reference: S. D. Sampson, D. W. Krause, P. Dodson and C. A. Forster. 1996. The premaxilla of Majungasaurus (Dinosauria: Theropoda), with implications for Gondwanan paleobiogeography. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 16(4):601-605 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 32366: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 26.06.2003, edited by Philip Mannion and Jonathan Tennant

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
Loricata -	Araripesuchus tsangatsangana n. sp.⁷, Simosuchus clarki⁵ Araripesuchus tsangatsangana n. sp.⁷ Turner 2006 crocodilian Simosuchus clarki⁵ Buckley et al. 2000 pug-nosed crocodile FMNH PR 2591, 2592 (2 isolated teeth)
Theropoda - Noasauridae	Masiakasaurus knopfleri² Masiakasaurus knopfleri² Sampson et al. 2001 ceratosaur FMNH PR 2217
Theropoda - Abelisauridae	Majungasaurus crenatissimus Majungasaurus crenatissimus Depéret 1896 ceratosaur FMNH PR 2008, 2009
Squamata - Cordylidae	Konkasaurus mahalana n. gen. n. sp.⁴ Konkasaurus mahalana n. gen. n. sp.⁴ Krause et al. 2003 spinytail lizard
Squamata - Madtsoiidae	Madtsoia madagascariensis⁶ Madtsoia madagascariensis⁶ Hoffstetter 1961 snake
Amphibia
Salientia -	Anura indet.¹, Beelzebufo ampinga³ Anura indet.¹ Fischer von Waldheim 1813 frog UA 8677 (right angulosplenial) Beelzebufo ampinga³ Evans et al. 2008 frog FMNH PR 2497 – cranial or vertebral spine table fragment; UA 8677 – partial right angulosplenial

¹Asher and Krause 1998; ²Carrano et al. 2011; ³Evans et al. 2014; ⁴Krause et al. 2003; ⁵Krause et al. 2010; ⁶LaDuke et al. 2010; ⁷Turner 2006