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has gloss | eng: The Maevarano Formation is an Upper Cretaceous sedimentary rock formation found in the Mahajanga Province of northwestern Madagascar. It is most likely Maastrichtian in age, and records a seasonal, semiarid environment with rivers that had greatly varying discharges. Notable animal fossils recovered include the theropod dinosaur Majungasaurus and the early birds Rahonavis and Vorona, the titanosaurian sauropod Rapetosaurus, and the giant frog Beelzebufo. |
lexicalization | eng: Maevarano Formation |
instance of | c/Paleontological sites |
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has gloss | deu: Die Maevarano-Formation ist eine Abfolge kontinentaler Sedimentgesteine der Oberkreide in Madagaskar und eine bedeutende Fossilfundstätte. Diese geologische Formation wurde fluviatil, also in einem Flusssystem, abgelagert. |
lexicalization | deu: Maevarano-Formation |
Castilian | |
has gloss | spa: La Formación Maevarano es una formación de rocas sedimentarias del Cretácico superior situado en la provincia de Mahajanga, en el noroeste de Madagascar. De edad Maastrichtiense, consiste en sedimentos de un ambiente fluvial semiárido y estacional, cuyos ríos poseían una tasa de descarga muy variable. Es un yacimiento paleontológico, con fósiles como el dinosaurio terópodo Majungasaurus, el saurópodo Rapetosaurus, la rana gigante Beelzebufo o las aves primitivas Rahonavis y Vorona. |
lexicalization | spa: Formacion Maevarano |
lexicalization | spa: Formación Maevarano |
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media:img | Beelzebufo BW.jpg |
media:img | MG-Mahajanga.png |
media:img | Mahajangasuchus BW.jpg |
media:img | Majungasaurus BW.jpg |
media:img | Majungasaurus head BW.jpg |
media:img | Masiakasaurus BW.jpg |
media:img | Rahonavis BW.jpg |
media:img | Rapetosaurus.jpg |
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