Whitewood Paddock, Clutha Station: Late/Upper Albian, Australia
collected by H. A. Longman 1932–1933; 2014-–2015
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Austrosaurus mckillopi n. gen., n. sp.
Longman 1933
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1 individual | |||||||||
| QM F2316 - holotype | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Myalinida
- Inoceramidae
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Inoceramus sp.
Sowerby 1814
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Poropat et al. 2017 | |||||||||
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= Inoceramus ? sutherlandi
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Molnar 2010 | |||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Beudanticeratidae
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Beudanticeras sp.
Hitzell 1902
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Poropat et al. 2017 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Australia | State/province: | Queensland |
| Coordinates: | 20.4° South, 142.2° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 51.5° South, 130.0° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Altitude: | 215 meters | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early/Lower Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Albian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 4 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Albian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 106.20000 - 100.50000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Rolling Downs | Formation: | Allaru Mudstone |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | fine,gray,yellow argillaceous lime mudstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "matrix consists of a fine-grained, argillaceous limestone (or calcareous mudstone) of a light fawn colour" "a uniform tan-grey micrite" | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | poor |
| Articulated whole bodies: | none |
| Associated major elements: | none |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (float),field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | H. A. Longman | Collection dates: | 1932–1933; 2014-–2015 |
| Collection method comments: Site visited in 1976 but nothing further found (Molnar 82). | |||
Metadata
| Also known as: | Austrosaurus type | ||
| Database number: | 35273 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano, P. Mannion | Enterer: | M. Carrano, P. Mannion |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2003-11-22 13:06:32 | Last modified: | 2022-09-20 10:23:23 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-11-22 13:06:32 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 9481. | H. A. Longman. 1933. A new dinosaur from the Queensland Cretaceous. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 10(3):131-144 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 46357 | A. Bartholomai. 1966. Fossil footprints in Queensland. Australian Natural History 15:147-150 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 63423 | R. E. Molnar. 1991. Fossil reptiles in Australia. In P. Vickers-Rich, J. M. Monaghan, R. F. Baird, & T. H. Rich (eds.), Vertebrate Paleontology of Australasia 605-702 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 82629 | R. E. Molnar. 2001. A reassessment of the phylogenetic position of Cretaceous sauropod dinosaurs from Queensland, Australia. VII International Symposium on Mesozoic Terrestrial Ecosystems. Asociación Paleontológica Argentina Publicación Especial 7:139-144 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 71375 | R. E. Molnar. 2010. Taphonomic observations on eastern Australian Cretaceous sauropods. Alcheringa 34(3):421-429 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 45868 | R. E. Molnar. 2011. New morphological information about Cretaceous sauropod dinosaurs frm the Eromanga Basin, Queensland, Australia. Alcheringa 35(2):329-339 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant/M. Carrano] | |
| 19582 | ETE | R. E. Molnar and S. W. Salisbury. 2005. Observations on Cretaceous sauropods from Australia. In K. Carpenter and V. Tidwell (eds.), Thunder-Lizards: The Sauropodomorph Dinosaurs. Indiana University Press, Bloomington 454-465 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 46279 | R. E. H. Molnar. 1982. A catalogue of fossil amphibians and reptiles in Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 20(3):613-633 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 62878 | S. F. Poropat, J. P. Nair, C. E. Syme, P. D. Mannion, P. Upchurch, S. A. Hocknull, A. G. Cook, T. R. Tischler, and T. Holland. 2017. Reappraisal of Austrosaurus mckillopi Longman, 1933 from the Allaru Mudstone of Queensland, Australia’s first named Cretaceous sauropod dinosaur. Alcheringa 41(4):543-580 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
| 18059 | ETE | T. H. Rich and P. Vickers-Rich. 2003. A Century of Australian Dinosaurs. Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery and Monash Science Centre, Monash University 1-124 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 79070 | J. D. Scanlon. 2006. Dinosaurs and other Mesozoic reptiles of Australasia. In J. R. Merrick, M. Archer, G. M. Hickey, & M. S. Y. Lee (eds.), Evolution and Biogeography of Australasian Vertebrates 265-290 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |