MAD93-72 (SUNY): Maastrichtian, Madagascar
collected 1993
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Noasauridae
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Masiakasaurus knopfleri
Sampson et al. 2001
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| UA 9774 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Madagascar | State/province: | Mahajanga |
| Coordinates: | 15.9° South, 46.6° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 30.1° South, 38.4° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Altitude: | 194 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 | Member: | Anembalemba |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | fine,coarse argillaceous sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,microfossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
| Encrustation: | none |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | Collection dates: | 1993 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 138733 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-01-26 07:59:53 | Last modified: | 2013-01-25 15:27:18 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-01-26 07:59:53 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 44450. | M. T. Carrano, M. A. Loewen, and J. J. W. Sertich. 2011. New materials of Masiakasaurus knopfleri Sampson, Carrano, and Forster, 2001, and implications for the morphology of the Noasauridae (Theropoda: Ceratosauria). Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 95:1-53 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/P. Mannion] |