Dead Bird, Coocoran Opal Field (Cretaceous of Australia)

Also known as Coorcoran

Where: New South Wales, Australia (29.4° S, 147.8° E: paleocoordinates 59.3° S, 140.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Coptospora paradoxa pollen zone, Wallangulla Sandstone Member (Griman Creek Formation), Early/Lower Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: "floodplain"; lithology not reported

Size class: mesofossils

Collected by E. Long

Collection methods: quarrying,

Primary reference: P. R. Bell, M. C. Herne, T. Brougham and E. T. Smith. 2018. Ornithopod diversity in the Griman Creek Formation (Cenomanian), New South Wales, Australia. PeerJ 6:e6008:1-40 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 204926: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 26.09.2019, edited by Philip Mannion

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Saurischia -
Titanosauriformes indet. Salgado et al. 1997 sauropod
AM F66770, F112629, F112869 and F112870 (teeth)
 Ornithischia -
Ornithopoda "indet. A" Marsh 1881 ornithopod
AMF105667, dentary