Where: Queensland, Australia (20.0° S, 141.2° E: paleocoordinates 51.0° S, 128.5° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Toolebuc Formation (Rolling Downs Group), Late/Upper Albian (105.3 - 99.6 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: M. Zammit, R. M. Norris, and B. P. Kear. 2010. The Australian Cretaceous ichthyosaur Platypterygius australis: A description and review of postcranial remains. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30(6):1726-1735 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/P. Mannion]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 122705: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 05.01.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Platypterygius australis McCoy 1867 ichthyosaur QM F12314 (incomplete coracoid and partial scapula), QM F40822 (complete right and incomplete left coracoid) and QM F40823 (incomplete coracoid)
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