Isalo III Formation - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The Isalo III Formation is a geological formation in Africa. It dates back to the Middle Jurassic

Middle Jurassic

The Middle Jurassic is the second epoch of the Jurassic Period. It lasted from 176-161 million years ago. In European lithostratigraphy, rocks of this Middle Jurassic age are called the Dogger....

Vertebrate fauna

Dinosaur Dinosaur Dinosaurs are a diverse group of animals of the clade and superorder Dinosauria. They were the dominant terrestrial vertebrates for over 160 million years, from the late Triassic period until the end of the Cretaceous , when the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event led to the extinction of... s of the Isalo III Formation
Taxa	Presence	Notes	Images
Superfamily: Allosauroidea Allosauroidea Allosauroidea is a superfamily or clade of theropod dinosaurs which contains four families — the Sinraptoridae, Allosauridae, Carcharodontosauridae, and Neovenatoridae... Possible indeterminate allosauroid remains.	Geographically located in Faritany Majunga, Madagascar.
Genus: Lapparentosaurus Lapparentosaurus Lapparentosaurus is a genus of macronarian sauropod dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic. Its fossils were found in Madagascar.In 1895 Richard Lydekker named a new species of Bothriospondylus, B. madagascariensis based on fossils found before 1894 by J.T. Last in the Majunga Basin in layers of the... L. madagascariensis	Geographically located in Faritany Majunga, Madagascar.	"More than [four] partial skeletons lacking skulls and teeth."
Infraorder: Sauropoda Sauropoda Sauropoda , or the sauropods , are an infraorder of saurischian dinosaurs. They had long necks, long tails, small heads , and thick, pillar-like legs. They are notable for the enormous sizes attained by some species, and the group includes the largest animals to have ever lived on land... Indeterminate remains.	Geographically located in Faritany Majunga, Madagascar.	"(=Bothriospondylus Bothriospondylus Bothriospondylus is an dubious genus of sauropod dinosaur. It lived during the Late Jurassic.The type species, Bothriospondylus suffossus, was described by Richard Owen in 1875. The specific epithet suffossus means "undermined" in Latin, a reference to the fact that pleurocoels had hollowed out... madagascariensis)" "Isolated vertebrae, limb elements of at least [ten] individuals."

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