The Ankarafantsika Formation is a Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) geologic formation of the Mahajanga Basin in the Boeny region of Madagascar, Africa. The fine-grained sandstones of the formation were deposited in a fluvial to lacustrine environment.Southeast of Marovoay at Fossilworks.orgN. J. Mateer, P. Wycisk, L. L. Jacobs, M. Brunet, P. Luger, M. A. Arush, F. Hendriks, T. WEissbrod, G. Gvirtzman, E. Mbede, A. Dina, R. T. J. Moody, G. Weigelt, H. A. El-Nakhal, J. Hell and J. Stets. 1992. Correlation of nonmarine Cretaceous strata of Africa and the Middle East. Cretaceous Research 13:273-318
Fossil content The following fossils have been reported from the formation:
Dinosaurs
Sauropods Sauropods of the Ankarafantsika FormationGenusSpeciesLocationStratigraphic positionMaterialNotesImage Sauropoda indet.Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution" Pp. 517-607. in Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. . " Pp. 517-607. Indeterminate An indeterminate sauropod
See also List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations List of stratigraphic units with indeterminate dinosaur fossils List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Madagascar Geology of Madagascar
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