QML 215, Duckworth Creek (Triassic of Australia)

Also known as AAW field locality Q6, QM L215, SW of Bluff

Where: Queensland, Australia (23.6° S, 148.9° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 69.0° S, 128.1° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Arcadia Formation (Rewan Group), Induan (252.2 - 251.2 Ma)

• Lower part of Arcadia Formation. Warren et al. (2006) argued that the Arcadia Formation is likely earliest Triassic in age based upon SHRIMP, U/Pb and microflora evidence that the conformably underlying Sagittarius Sandstone of the Rewan Group is largely Permian in age.

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; red mudstone

• red mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: mechanical,

• QM: Queensland Museum

Primary reference: A. A. Warren and M. N. Hutchinson. 1988. A new capitosaurid amphibian from the early Triassic of Queensland, and the ontogeny of the capitosaur skull. Palaeontology 31(3):857-876 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 94541: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 25.02.2010, edited by Richard Butler, Bethany Allen, Evangelos Vlachos and Bryan Gee

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Taxonomic list

Amphibia
 Temnospondyli -
"Parotosuchus aliciae n. sp." = Warrenisuchus aliciae
"Parotosuchus aliciae n. sp." = Warrenisuchus aliciae Warren and Hutchinson 1988 tetrapod
 Temnospondyli - Trematosauridae
Tirraturhinus smisseni n. gen. n. sp.4
Tirraturhinus smisseni n. gen. n. sp.4 Nield et al. 2006 tetrapod
QM F44093
 Temnospondyli - Brachyopidae
"Brachyops allos n. sp." = Xenobrachyops allos3
"Brachyops allos n. sp." = Xenobrachyops allos3 Howie 1972 tetrapod
QM F6572 (holotype), skull
 Temnospondyli - Chigutisauridae
Keratobrachyops australis n. gen. n. sp.6
Keratobrachyops australis n. gen. n. sp.6 Warren 1981 tetrapod
QM F10115 (holotype), skull. QM F10116, 10117, 14487, 14488
 Temnospondyli - Rhytidosteidae
Nanolania anatopretia n. gen. n. sp.9
Nanolania anatopretia n. gen. n. sp.9 Yates 2000 tetrapod
QM F12293 (holotype). QM F14480 35247, 35393, 39666
 Temnospondyli - Derwentiidae
"Arcadia myriadens n. gen. n. sp." = Rewana myriadens7
"Arcadia myriadens n. gen. n. sp." = Rewana myriadens7 Warren and Black 1985 tetrapod
QM F10121, QM F12293
 Temnospondyli -
Capulomala arcadiaensis8 Warren et al. 2009 tetrapod
QM F39713, partial mandible
Reptilia
 Diapsida -
Tasmaniosaurus triassicus5 Camp and Banks 1978 archosauromorph
QM F9549
 Parareptilia - Procolophonidae
Eomurruna yurrgensis n. gen. n. sp.2
Eomurruna yurrgensis n. gen. n. sp.2 Hamley et al. 2021 parareptile
Holotype: QMF 18335 (Figs 3, 5A–D, 6, 14, 15, 18–22). An articulated skeleton, missing most of the right limbs and the tail, collected by Ruth Lane in 1985.
Lycopodiopsida
 Isoetales - Pleuromeiaceae
Pleurocaulis rewanense1 Cantrill and Webb 1998 clubmoss
QM F33276, 33278-83
Duckworthia isoeteformis n. gen. n. sp.1 Cantrill and Webb 1998 clubmoss
QM F33262 (holotype)
Helicorhiza duckworthensis n. gen. n. sp.1 Cantrill and Webb 1998 clubmoss
QM F33261 (holotype), 33260