Cardabia Station: Late Hauterivian - Late Barremian, Australia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Ichthyosauria indet.
(de Blainville 1835)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| WAM 94.7.7, three associated centra | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Ophthalmosauridae
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Platypterygius sp.
von Huene 1922
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| WAM 94.7.2, a fragmentary jugal associated with fragmentary nasal, vertebrae and ribs; WAM 94.7.3, a fragmentary humerus and associated ventra | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Australia | State/province: | Western Australia |
| Coordinates: | 23.2° South, 114.0° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 58.5° South, 84.6° East (Wright 2013) |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Hauterivian - Barremian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 2 |
| Key time interval: | Late Hauterivian - Late Barremian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 132.6 - 121.4 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Barrow | Formation: | Birdrong Sandstone |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | microfossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection,survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 169140 | ||
| Authorizer: | V. Fischer | Enterer: | V. Fischer |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2015-05-08 10:19:34 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2015-05-08 10:19:34 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 55257. | B. Choo. 1999. Cretaceous ichthyosaurs from Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 57:207-218 [V. Fischer/V. Fischer] |
Secondary references:
| 79070 | J. D. Scanlon. 2006. Dinosaurs and other Mesozoic reptiles of Australasia. In J. R. Merrick, M. Archer, G. M. Hickey, & M. S. Y. Lee (eds.), Evolution and Biogeography of Australasian Vertebrates 265-290 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |