ammonites
MAD93-01 (SUNY) (Cretaceous of Madagascar)

Where: Mahajanga, Madagascar (15.9° S, 46.6° E: paleocoordinates 29.8° S, 38.4° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Anembalemba Member (Maevarano Formation), Maastrichtian (70.6 - 65.5 Ma)

• described as Campanian but now considered Maastrichtian

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

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

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: trace

Collected by D. Krause & crew in 1993

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

Primary reference: P. Dodson, D. W. Krause, C. A. Forster, S. D. Sampson, and F. Ravoavy. 1998. Titanosaurid (Sauropoda) osteoderms from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 18(3):563-568 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 55268: authorized by Matt Carrano, entered by Matt Carrano on 04.10.2005, edited by Philip Mannion

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