Mitchell site, Elderslie Sheep Station (AODL 270) (Cretaceous to of Australia)

Also known as Australian Age of Dinosaurs Locality 270

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: Winton Formation, Cenomanian to Cenomanian (100.5 - 89.3 Ma)

• Cenomanian–lowermost Turonian

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: "channel"; coarse-grained siltstone and fine-grained sandstone

• high-energy river channel deposit
• coarse siltstones and fine sandstones, with minor coal inclusions and rip-up sandstones, conglomerates and rounded claystone clasts

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in 2019

Primary reference: S. F. Poropat, T. G. Frauenfelder, P. D. Mannion, S. L. Rigby, A. H. Pentland, T. Sloan, and D. A. Elliott. 2022. Sauropod dinosaur teeth from the lower Upper Cretaceous Winton Formation of Queensland, Australia and the global record of early titanosauriforms. Royal Society Open Science 9:220381 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 226547: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 15.07.2022

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Emwadea microcarpa
Angiospermae
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Angiospermae indet.
Reptilia
 Loricata -
Crocodyliformes indet.
Crocodyliformes indet. crocodilian
teeth, osteoderms and long bones
 Pterosauria - Anhangueridae
Anhangueridae indet.
Anhangueridae indet. pterosaur
tooth
 Theropoda - Megaraptoridae
Megaraptoridae indet.
Megaraptoridae indet. Novas et al. 2013 coelurosaur
megaraptorid theropod teeth (similar to those of Australovenator wintonensis)
 Saurischia -
? Diamantinasauria indet.
? Diamantinasauria indet. Poropat et al. 2021 sauropod
AODF 963, 984, 985, 1285, 1286, 1288, 1290, 1389, 1531, 1668-1670, 2291-2295 (teeth)
 Plesiosauria -
? Plesiosauria indet.
? Plesiosauria indet. plesiosaur
several teeth that might pertain to plesiosaurs
 Testudines -
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines Batsch 1788 turtle
turtle fragments
Osteichthyes
 Dipnoi - Ceratodontidae
Metaceratodus ellioti
Metaceratodus ellioti Kemp 1997 lungfish
tooth plate
Bivalvia
 Unionida - Hyriidae
Hyridella goondiwindiensis
Hyridella goondiwindiensis clam
Hyridella (Protohyridella) goondiwindiensis