The Arch, Kilcunda (Cretaceous of Australia)

Where: Victoria, Australia (38.5° S, 145.5° E: paleocoordinates 76.8° S, 116.9° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Wonthaggi Formation (Strzelecki Group), Late/Upper Aptian (122.5 - 113.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; sandstone

• broad, temperate river floodplain

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (in situ), mechanical,

• NMV, Museum Victoria, Melbourne, Australia

Primary reference: T. F. Flannery and T. H. Rich. 1981. Dinosaur digging in Victoria. Australian Natural History 20(6):195-198 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 38535: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 23.04.2004, edited by Roger Benson

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Dinosauria -
Dinosauria indet.4
Dinosauria indet.4 Owen 1842 dinosaur
 Ornithischia -
Serendipaceratops arthurcclarkei n. gen. n. sp.3, Ornithopoda indet.4, Iguanodontia indet.1
Serendipaceratops arthurcclarkei n. gen. n. sp.3 Rich and Vickers-Rich 2003 ceratopsian
NMV P186385
Ornithopoda indet.4 Marsh 1881 ornithopod
Iguanodontia indet.1 ornithopod
NMV P164998
 Theropoda -
Theropoda indet.2, Megaraptora indet.4
Theropoda indet.2 Marsh 1881 theropod
NMV P186151 (pedal phalanx)
Megaraptora indet.4 Benson et al. 2010 coelurosaur
Osteichthyes
 Actinopterygii -
Actinopterygii indet.4
Actinopterygii indet.4 Cope 1887 ray-finned fish
1Agnolin et al. 2010; 2Benson et al. 2012; 3Rich and Vickers-Rich 2003; 4Rich and Vickers-Rich 2020