ammonites
Mevarana, Loza Gulf (Jurassic of Madagascar)

Also known as Maevarano

Where: Mahajanga, Madagascar (14.6° S, 48.0° E: paleocoordinates 22.9° S, 27.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Isalo III Formation, Bathonian (167.7 - 164.7 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified, calcareous sandstone

• "a very hard calcareous-cement sandstone"

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Bastard in the 1890s; reposited in the MNHN

Primary reference: M. Boule. 1896. Note préliminaire sur les débris de dinosauriens envoyés au Muséum par M. Bastard [Preliminary note on the dinosaurian remains brought to the Muséum by Mr. Bastard]. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 2:347-351 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 67204: authorized by Matt Carrano, entered by Matt Carrano on 14.11.2006

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