Moonshine, Coocoran Opal Field: Early/Lower Cenomanian, Australia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
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Dinosauria indet.
(Owen 1842)
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Reptilia
- Avetheropoda
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Carnosauria indet.
(Huene 1920)
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Chelonia indet.
(Latreille 1800)
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synonym of Testudines | |||||||
Mammalia
- Monotremata
- Kollikodontidae
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Kollikodon ritchiei n. gen., n. sp.
Flannery et al. 1995
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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] |