Where: Queensland, Australia (20.7° S, 143.1° E: paleocoordinates 51.9° S, 131.3° E)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Allaru Mudstone Formation (Rolling Downs Group), Late/Upper Albian (105.3 - 99.6 Ma)
• Lower part of the Allaru Formation (late Albian) of Richmond, Queensland, Australia
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ)
• Queensland Museum (QM)
Primary reference: H. F. Ketchum and R. B. J. Benson. 2010. Global interrelationships of Plesiosauria (Reptilia, Sauropterygia) and the pivotal role of taxon sampling in determining the outcome of phylogenetic analyses. Biological Reviews 85:361-392 [R. Benson/R. Benson]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 118316: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 12.10.2011
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Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Polycotylidae "indet. QM F18041" Williston 1908 plesiosaur Specimen QM F18041 used as a specifically distinct OTU
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