MAD96-11 (SUNY): Maastrichtian, Madagascar
collected 1996
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Noasauridae
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Masiakasaurus knopfleri
Sampson et al. 2001
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2 elements | |||||||||
FMNH PR 2225 | ||||||||||
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: | 150 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: | not reported |
Lithology description: "uppermost white sandstone unit" of the formation (now = Anembalemba Member) | |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Encrustation: | none |
Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | Collection dates: | 1996 |
Metadata
Database number: | 138737 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2013-01-26 08:07:55 | Last modified: | 2013-01-25 15:26:17 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-01-26 08:07:55 |
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] |