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Madtsoia madagascariensis

Reptilia - Madtsoiidae

Taxonomy
Madtsoia madagascariensis was named by Hoffstetter (1961). Its type specimen is MNHN MAJ 5, a set of vertebrae (posterior trunk vertebra), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gite du Guide, north of Berivotra, which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial horizon in the Maevarano Formation of Madagascar.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Madtsoia madagascariensis Hoffstetter p. 159 figs. 2-3
1976Madtsoia madagascariensis Russell et al.
2010Madtsoia madagascariensis LaDuke et al. p. 112
2011Madtsoia madagascariensis Mohabey et al. p. 589
2013Madtsoia madagascariensis Vasile et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
suborderOphidia(Latreille 1804)
—Serpentes(Linnaeus 1758)
familyMadtsoiidae()
genusMadtsoia
speciesmadagascariensis

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Madtsoia madagascariensis Hoffstetter 1961
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Coniacian to the top of the Maastrichtian or 89.30000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Coniacian - Santonian89.3 - 83.6Niger (Tahoua) Madtsoia sp. (48867)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Madagascar (Mahajanga) Madtsoia madagascariensis (32366 39265 type locality: 48539 48540 48541 55268 55269 70075 78931 84844 91207 96693 118210) Serpentes indet. (25074)