Also known as Gantheaume Point, Broome, Riddell
Where: Western Australia, Australia (18.0° S, 122.2° E: paleocoordinates 50.9° S, 86.4° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Broome Sandstone Formation, Valanginian to Valanginian (139.8 - 125.0 Ma)
• mid-Valanginian to mid-Barremian
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lagoonal; micaceous sandstone and siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression, trace
Collected in 1987
Collection methods: surface (in situ), peel or thin section,
• collected only casts of footprints
Primary reference: T. Thulborn, T. Hamley, and P. Foulkes. 1995. Preliminary report on sauropod dinosaur tracks in the Broome Sandstone (Lower Cretaceous) of Western Australia. In M. G. Lockley, V. F. dos Santos, C. A. Meyer, & A. P. Hunt (eds.), Aspects of Sauropod Paleobiology. GAIA 10:85-94 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 61671: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 22.06.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Thyreophora "indet. B"2, Luluichnus mueckei n. gen. n. sp.2, Garbina roeorum2, Walmadanyichnus hunteri2
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