Sticky Beak (Oligocene of Australia)

Also known as Riversleigh

Where: Queensland, Australia (19.1° S, 138.7° E: paleocoordinates 34.0° S, 133.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Carl Creek Limestone Formation, Late/Upper Oligocene (28.4 - 23.0 Ma)

• Megirian et al. 2010: "The Carl Creek Limestone produces distinctly Wipajirian and distinctly Camfieldian assemblages plus a suite of species that apparently ranged locally across the Wipajirian/Camfieldian boundary, and then five site assemblages (‘‘RIV Keith’s Chocky Block,’’ ‘‘RIV Henk’s Hollow,’’ ‘‘RIV Gag,’’ ‘‘RIV Jim’s Carousel,’’ ‘‘RIV Sticky Beak’’) containing incongruous associations of Camfieldian and Wipajirian species."

•"The Carl Creek Limestone produces distinctly Wipajirian and distinctly Camfieldian assemblages plus a suite of species that apparently ranged locally across the Wipajirian/Camfieldian boundary" (Wipajirian–Camfieldian estimated to span ~24.9–12 Ma).

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the UQ

Primary reference: A. M. Yates. 2017. The biochronology and palaeobiogeography of Baru (Crocodylia: Mekosuchinae) based on new specimens from the Northern Territory and Queensland, Australia. PeerJ 5:e3458:1-45 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 186359: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 21.06.2017

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Crocodylia -
Baru wickeni Willis 1997 crocodilian
QM F31074