Triangle Paddock, Elderslie Station (QM F7880): Late/Upper Cenomanian - Early/Lower Turonian, Australia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
Austrosaurus sp. Longman 1933
1 individual
QM F7880
    = Sauropoda indet. Marsh 1878
Molnar 2001
    = Titanosauria indet. Bonaparte and Coria 1993
Molnar and Salisbury 2005
see common names

Geography
Country:Australia State/province:Queensland
Coordinates: 22.2° South, 142.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:51.5° South, 133.7° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Altitude:169 meters
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Key time interval:Late/Upper Cenomanian - Early/Lower Turonian
Age range of interval:100.50000 - 89.80000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Rolling Downs Formation:Winton
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Degree of concentration:dispersed
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:medium
Associated major elements:all
Fragmentation:frequent
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (float),field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Top Horse Bore, Winton
Database number:60800
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2006-05-23 10:43:47 Last modified:2022-06-07 14:10:32
Access level:the public Released:2006-05-23 10:43:47
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

17490.ETE W. P. Coombs, Jr. and R. E. Molnar. 1981. Sauropoda (Reptilia, Saurischia) from the Cretaceous of Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 20(2):351-373 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

82629 R. E. Molnar. 2001. A reassessment of the phylogenetic position of Cretaceous sauropod dinosaurs from Queensland, Australia. VII International Symposium on Mesozoic Terrestrial Ecosystems. Asociación Paleontológica Argentina Publicación Especial 7:139-144 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
19582ETE R. E. Molnar and S. W. Salisbury. 2005. Observations on Cretaceous sauropods from Australia. In K. Carpenter and V. Tidwell (eds.), Thunder-Lizards: The Sauropodomorph Dinosaurs. Indiana University Press, Bloomington 454-465 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
46279 R. E. H. Molnar. 1982. A catalogue of fossil amphibians and reptiles in Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 20(3):613-633 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]