Genus: Menadon FLYNN, PARRISH, RAKOTOSAMIMANANA, RANIVOHARIMANANA, SIMPSON & WYSS, 2000
Etymology: Malagasy, mena, "red," referring to the “red island” and a helpful (surname-less) villager who led the team to the site and assiss in the field and Greek, odon, "tooth."
= Genus: Nova FLYNN, SIMPSON, RAZAFIMANASTOA, ANDRIATOMPOHAVANA & TOTOVOLAHY, 1997, FLYNN, PARRISH, RAKOTOSAMIMANANA, SIMPSON, WHATLEY & WYSS, 1999

Species: besairei FLYNN, PARRISH, RAKOTOSAMIMANANA, RANIVOHARIMANANA, SIMPSON & WYSS, 2000
Etymology: In honor of Henri Besairie’s pioneering geologic studies.

Holotype: UA-10601

Locality: Locality M-13, east of Sakaraha, Southern Morondava Basin, south-western Madagascar.

Note: Precise locality information on file at the AMNH, FMNH, and UA.

Horizon: Basal Isalo II'beds/Makay Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Ladinian Stage, Upper Mid Triassic Epoch, Middle Triassic-Carnian Stage, Late Triassic Epoch, Late Triassic.

Material: Skull and mandibles.

Referred material:

FMNH PR 2104: Paired mandible lacking only L i3.

 

KAMMERER, FLYNN, RANIVOHARIMANANA & WYSS, 2005, 2008

Locality: Drainage of the Malio River, Morondava Basin, Madagascar.

Horizon: Basal 'Isalo II' of Besairie, equated to the Makay Formation (of Razafimbelo, 1987).

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Late Carnian Stage, Lower Late Triassic Epoch, Late Triassic.

Material:

FMNH PR 2444 (field number 8-31-98-387): A partial skull and fragmentary postcranium.

FMNH PR 2104: Isolated mandible.

 

MELO, RIBEIRO, MARTINELLI & SOARES, 2019, MELO, ABDALA & SOARES, 2015

Locality: Santa Cruz do Sul City, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil.

Horizon: Santa Maria Supersequence.

Biostratigraphy: Santacruzodon Assemblage Zone.

Age: Early Carnian Stage, Early Late Traissic Epoch, Early Late Traissic.

Material:

MCN-PV 0505: Dentaries.

MCN-PV 2750: Skull associated wiht vertebrae, a scapula-coroid, and other postcranial bones.

MCN-PV-10216: Small-sized lower jaw.

MCN-PV-10217: Left lower postcanine.

MCN-PV-10221: Right upper postcanine.

MCN-PV-10343 T: Right lower postcanine.

MCN-PV-10339-T: Left lower postcanine.

UFRGS-PV-0269-T: Dentaries of a juvenile.

UFRGS-PV-0434-T: Dentaries.

UFRGS-PV-0891-T: Incomplete lower jaw.

UFRGS-PV-0903-T: Snout.

UFRGS-PV-0905-T: Lower Jaw.

UFRGS-PV-1054-T: Dentaries.

UFRGS-PV-1164-T: Nearly complete skull.

UFRGS-PV-1165-T: Intra-alveolar portion of a maxilary tooth row.

UFRGS-PV-1333-T: Left upper postcanine.

UFRGS-PV-891-T: Right lower postcanine.