MAD93-81 (SUNY): Maastrichtian, Madagascar
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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Carrano et al. 2011 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| UA 8714 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Serpentes
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Serpentes indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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LaDuke et al. 2010 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
| UA 9723, 9724, 9732 | ||||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Lepisosteiformes
- Lepisosteidae
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Lepisosteus sp.
Agassiz 1843
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6 elements | |||||||||
| 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: | 151 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: | white sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | "channel" |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
| Disassociated minor elements: | all |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 46894 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-01-25 10:27:32 | Last modified: | 2017-05-23 16:34:15 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-01-25 10:27:32 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 12459. | ETE | M. D. Gottfried and D. W. Krause. 1998. First record of gars (Lepisosteidae, Actinopterygii) on Madagascar: Late Cretaceous remains from the Mahajunga Basin. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 18(2):275-279 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 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] | |
| 32931 | ETE | T. C. LaDuke, D. W. Krause, J. D. Scanlon and N. J. Kley. 2010. A Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) snake assemblage from the Maevarano Formation, Mahajanga Basin, Madagascar. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30(1):109-138 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |