Moonshine, Coocoran Opal Field: Early/Lower Cenomanian, Australia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
Dinosauria indet. (Owen 1842)
Reptilia - Avetheropoda
Carnosauria indet. (Huene 1920)
Reptilia - Testudines
Chelonia indet. (Latreille 1800)
synonym of Testudines
Mammalia - Monotremata - Kollikodontidae
Kollikodon ritchiei n. gen., n. sp. Flannery et al. 1995
1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:Australia State/province:New South Wales
Coordinates: 29.5° South, 147.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:59.3° South, 140.4° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Cenomanian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 5
Key time interval:Early/Lower Cenomanian
Age range of interval:99.60000 - 93.50000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Rolling Downs Formation:Griman Creek Member:Wallangulla Sandstone
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Stratigraphy comments: middle Albian
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: claystone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: soft, whitish clay
Environment:estuary/bay
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original phosphate
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Coocoran opal field
Database number:95861
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2010-05-03 13:40:17 Last modified:2019-09-26 10:40:29
Access level:the public Released:2010-05-03 13:40:17
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

32558. T. F. Flannery, M. Archer, T. H. Rich and R. Jones. 1995. A new family of monotremes from the Cretaceous of Australia. Nature 377:418-420 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]