A bizarre predatory dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar
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Research is presented concerning the discovery of a 1.8-meter tall predatory dinosaur in Madagascar which dates back to the Late Cretaceous. It is the only know theropod with heterodont lower dentition.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2001
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The last of the dinosaur titans: new sauropod from Madagascar
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Research describing the titanosaur, Rapetosaurus krausei, is presented. The fossil from the Maevarano Formation of Madagascar is the most complete titanosaur yet discovered.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2001
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The first Cretaceous bird from Madagascar
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Vorona berivotrenesis is the first specimen of a primitive bird from the Cretaceous period of Madagascar and the first avian skeletal remains from the Mesozoic era from Gondwana. V. berivotrenesis has features common to the non-avian maniraptorans and basal birds. It has derived structures in the femural head, fibula, tarsometatarsus and proximal tarsals which are present in avian birds. Due to these mixed features, it has been placed with a clade of Patagopteryx and Ornithurae and in a trichotomy with Enantiornithes. The V. berivotrenesis lacks any phylogenetic relationship with the Neornithes.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1996
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