The Madagascar Paleontology Project was initiated in 1993 in order to study the geologic and biogeographic history of Madagascar. Since then, there have been 13 highly successful expeditions to the island, uncovering thousands of Late Cretaceous fossils, most of which are currently housed at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. This collection, however, represents the group of fossils that will return to the Universite d'Antananarivo. It includes fishes, frogs, turtles, lizards, snakes, crocodiles, birds, mammals, and dinosaurs, as well as all holotype specimens. Today, researchers continue to study these fossils to describe and better understand the animals that were living in the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar.