Also known as Australovenator wintonensis type locality
Where: Queensland, Australia (22.2° S, 142.5° E: paleocoordinates 51.6° S, 133.3° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Phimopollenites pannosus pollen zone, Winton Formation (Rolling Downs Group), Middle Cenomanian to Middle Cenomanian (99.6 - 89.3 Ma)
• "Winton Formation (Fig. 2), latest Albian–Turonian, Cretaceous; AODL 85 specifically is of Cenomanian age (Bryan et al., 2012)" (Poropat et al. 2014)
•"Samples from the Matilda underwent zircon dating indicating a Cenomanian age (ca. 95 Ma) for the site (Figure 6 in [2]) [2,3]" (White et al. 2013
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fine channel fill; fine-grained, concretionary claystone and sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: concretion
Collected in 2005–2010
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (float), surface (in situ), mechanical,
Primary reference: S. A. Hocknull, M. A. White, T. R. Tischler, A. G. Cook, N. D. Calleja, T. Sloan, and D. A. Elliot. 2009. New mid-Cretaceous (latest Albian) dinosaurs from Winton, Queensland, Australia. PLoS ONE 4(7):e6190: 1-51 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 90140: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 08.07.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Equisetopsida | |
Araucariaceae indet. Henckel and Hochstetter 1865 | |
Reptilia | |
Australovenator wintonensis n. gen. n. sp.
Australovenator wintonensis n. gen. n. sp. Hocknull et al. 2009 coelurosaur AODF 604 (holotype specimen, found in two successive digs)
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Diamantinasaurus matildae n. gen. n. sp.
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