 Averianov , Archibald , and Martin instead placed UA 8699 in the context of faunal similarity and exchange between the late Cretaceous faunas of Europe and Africa , noting the presence of similar animals , such as snakes ( Medtsoia ) and sauropods ( Lirainosaurus and Repetosaurus ) , in the Cretaceous faunas of Madagascar and the Spanish locality Laño . They proposed the relationship between Lainodon , which is from Laño , and UA 8699 as another example of this relationship and cited a previous prediction by Gheerbrant and Astibia that zhelestids similar to Lainodon would be found in Africa . 
