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Majungasaurus crenatissimus, an abelisaur from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar, pencil drawing
Taxa Majungasaurini

Majungasaurus crenatissimus, an abelisaur from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar, pencil drawing

drawing Madagascar Cretaceous Late Cretaceous +4
Opening of western Indian Ocean at 70 Ma: first oceanic crust between India and Madagascar.
Intervals Maastrichtian

Opening of western Indian Ocean at 70 Ma: first oceanic crust between India and Madagascar.

India Madagascar
Earth during the Middle Ordivician Period @ 460 Ma. Gondwana is seen above the equator (Australia & South China) and bellow the equator (North China, Kazakh terranes, Tarim, Antartica, India, Madagascar, Africa and South America). Laurentia, Baltica & Sibera are seperate continents, with Avalonia on its way to collide Baltica to form the Calledonian Orogeny, and Acadia on its way to collide Laurentia to form the Acadian Orogeny. Legend: Dark blue = ocean Light blue = shallow seas Tan = landmass Black outlines = modern day coastlines showing their respective positions
Intervals Darriwilian

Earth during the Middle Ordivician Period @ 460 Ma. Gondwana is seen above the equator (Australia & South China) and bellow the equator (North China, Kazakh terranes, Tarim, Antartica, India, Madagascar, Africa and South America). Laurentia, Baltica & Sibera are seperate continents, with Avalonia on its way to collide Baltica to form the Calledonian Orogeny, and Acadia on its way to collide Laurentia to form the Acadian Orogeny. Legend: Dark blue = ocean Light blue = shallow seas Tan = landmass Black outlines = modern day coastlines showing their respective positions

Australia China India Madagascar +1
Left pubis of Narindasaurus from Madagascar
Taxa Narindasaurus

Left pubis of Narindasaurus from Madagascar

Madagascar Narindasaurus

News

Lost fossils reveal sea monsters that took over after Earth’s greatest extinction
predator Australia Madagascar fossil extinction
A lost cache of 250-million-year-old fossils from Australia has rewritten part of the story of life after Earth’s worst mass extinction. Instead of a single marine amphibian species, researchers uncovered evidence of a surprisingly diverse community of early ocean predators. One of these creatures had relatives stretching from the Arctic to Madagascar, showing that some of the first sea-going tetrapods spread across the globe with remarkable speed.
25/02/2026 sciencedaily