Berivotra Formation
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The Berivotra Formation is an Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian
) sedimentary rock marine formation found in Madagascar, that is contemporary to the terrestrial Maevarano Formation
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Maastrichtian
The Maastrichtian is, in the ICS' geologic timescale, the latest age or upper stage of the Late Cretaceous epoch or Upper Cretaceous series, the Cretaceous period or system, and of the Mesozoic era or erathem. It spanned from 70.6 ± 0.6 Ma to 65.5 ± 0.3 Ma...
) sedimentary rock marine formation found in Madagascar, that is contemporary to the terrestrial Maevarano Formation
Maevarano Formation
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...
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