QMF L78 (Rewan Formation): Induan, Australia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Lycopodiopsida - Isoetales - Pleuromeiaceae
Cidarophyton rewanense n. sp. Chaloner and Turner 1987
Cantrill and Webb 1998
QM F12324 (holotype)
Pleurocaulis rewanense n. gen., n. sp. Cantrill and Webb 1998
Cantrill and Webb 1998
QM F33275 (holotype)
Pleuromeia reniformis n. sp. Cantrill and Webb 1998
Cantrill and Webb 1998
QM F33259 (holotype)
unclassified
Cylostrobus clavatus n. sp. Cantrill and Webb 1998
Cantrill and Webb 1998
QM F13401 (holotype)
Dipnoi
Dipnoi indet. (Müller 1884)
Amphibia - Temnospondyli
Parotosuchus rewanensis n. sp. Warren 1980
Warren 1980 1 specimen
recombined as Watsonisuchus rewanensis
QM F6571 (holotype), complete skull
Parotosuchus gunganj n. sp. Warren 1980
Warren 1980 2 specimens
recombined as Watsonisuchus gunganj
QM F10114 (holotype), skull. AM F60227
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Lapillopsidae
Lapillopsis nana n. gen., n. sp. Warren and Hutchinson 1990
Warren and Hutchinson 1990 15 specimens
QM F12284 (holotype), 12285 (paratype), F12289, 14497, 14499, 14501-14503, 35385-35392
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Trematosauridae
Trematosauridae indet. Watson 1919
Warren 1985 1 specimen
QM F12272
Amphibia - Temnospondyli
Capulomala arcadiaensis Warren et al. 2009
Warren et al. 2009
QM F11269, QM F11270, QM F39707, QM F39709, QM F39710, QM F39711, QM F39712 (partial mandibles)
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Plagiosauridae
Plagiobatrachus australis n. gen., n. sp. Warren 1985
Warren 1985 4 specimens
QM F12267 (holotype), centrum. QM F12268, 12269, 12270
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Derwentiidae
Rewana quadricuneata n. gen., n. sp. Howie 1972
Howie 1972 2 individuals
QM F 6471, incomplete skull and postcranium. AMF 54126, fragmentary skull with associated vertebrae and ribs
Acerastea wadeae n. gen., n. sp. Warren and Hutchinson 1987
Warren and Hutchinson 1987 1 specimen
QM F12277, partial skull and postcranial skeleton (holotype)
Anomodontia
cf. Kannemeyeria sp. Seeley 1908
Thulborn 1983 1 specimen
QM F12178, left quadrate
    = Dicynodontia indet. Owen 1859
Fröbisch 2009
Reptilia - Prolacertidae
Kadimakara australiensis n. gen., n. sp. Bartholomai 1979
2 individuals
QM F6676, 6710 (type)
Reptilia
Kalisuchus rewanensis n. gen., n. sp. Thulborn 1979
Thulborn 1979
QM F8998, maxilla (holotype), other isolated cranial and postcranial specimens
Kudnu mackinlayi n. gen., n. sp. Bartholomai 1979
2 individuals
QM F9181 (type), 9182
Reptilia - Procolophonidae
Procolophonidae indet. Lydekker 1889
    = Eomurruna yurrgensis Hamley et al. 2021
Hamley et al. 2020
Referred specimens: QMF 6677 cranium; QMF 6678 fragmentary maxilla; QMF 6679–6683 crania; QMF 6684 maxilla and lower jaw; QMF 6685 isolated teeth; QMF 6686 maxilla; QMF 6687 scapular girdle; QMF 6688 cranium; QMF 6689 left maxilla and lower jaw; QMF 6690 cranium; QMF 6691 maxilla and lower jaw; QMF 6692 three vertebrae; QMF 6693–6694 crania; QMF 6695 left maxilla and lower jaw; QMF 6696 maxillary fragments; QMF 6697 cranium and long bones; QMF 6698 vertebrae; QMF 6699 probable pelvic girdle and vertebrae; QMF 6700 cranium and mandible; QMF 6701 interclavicle and clavicle; QMF 6702 cranium; QMF 6703 maxilla and lower jaw; QMF 6704 complete cranium; QMF 6705–6709 crania; QMF 6714–6718 vertebrae; QMF 17995 partial maxilla and lower jaw; QMF 49497 cranium, vertebrae, partial scapular girdle and humerus; QMF 49501 partial cranium, basicranium, scapular girdle, humerii and manus; QMF 49502 interclavicle; QMF 49504 scapular girdle; QMF 49507–49508 crania; QMF 49510 cranium and partial postcranium; QMF 49511 cranium; QMF 49512 almost complete cranium; QMF 49513 lower teeth; QMF 49514 right femur; QMF 49516 well preserved cranium; QMF 49517–49519 crania.
see common names

Geography
Country:Australia State/province:Queensland
Coordinates: 24.8° South, 148.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:58.0° South, 136.0° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Triassic Epoch:Early/Lower Triassic
Stage:Induan 10 m.y. bin:Triassic 1
Key time interval:Induan
Age range of interval:252.17000 - 251.20000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Rewan Formation:Arcadia
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Stratigraphy comments: Warren et al. (2006) argued that the Arcadia Formation is likely earliest Triassic in age based upon SHRIMP, U/Pb and microflora evidence that the conformably underlying Sagittarius Sandstone of the Rewan Group is largely Permian in age.

"Lower beds of the upper part of the Rewan Formation of the Mimosa Group [...] Howie (1972) has fully discussed the geological provenance and the reasons for assigning an Early Triassic age to the level from which the material is drawn." (Bartholomai, 1979)

"Lower Arcadia Formation, Rewan Group, Early Triassic (Scythian A1 of Cosgriff, 1984). Age of fauna equivalent to Lystrosaurus Zone of southern Africa." (Warren & Hutchinson, 1990).
Notes: The term "Mimosa Group" is obsolete and the former Rewan Formation was reranked to group status. Consequently, the original lithostratigraphic entries of this collection (which were following Bartholomai, 1979) have been changed (TL).

According to Veevers et al. (1994, in Veevers & McA. Powell (eds.), GSA Mem. 184) the Arcadia Fm. constitutes the upper part of the Rewan Group. Hence, stratigraphic descriptions by Bartholomai (1979) and Warren & Hutchinson (1990) appear to refer approximately to the same stratigraphic level.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:ferruginous sandy mudstone
Secondary lithology:nodular ironstone
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:fluvial indet. Tectonic setting:foreland basin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,concretion
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Articulated whole bodies:none
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: QMF = fossil collections of the Queensland Museum, Brisbane
Metadata
Also known as:"The Crater", QML 78
Database number:85560
Authorizer:J. Mueller, R. Butler, B. Gee, A. Dunhill, E. Vlachos Enterer:T. Liebrecht, E. Vlachos, B. Gee, B. Allen, R. Butler
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2009-01-08 16:17:41 Last modified:2017-09-21 12:18:36
Access level:the public Released:2009-01-08 16:17:41
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

28925. A. Bartholomai. 1979. New lizard-like reptiles from the Early Triassic of Queensland. Alcheringa 3(3):225-234 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht/T. Liebrecht]

Secondary references:

71638 D. J. Cantrill and J. A. Webb. 1998. Permineralized pleuromeid lycopsid remains from the Early Triassic Arcadia Formation, Queensland, Australia. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 102:189-211 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen]
33223 J. Fröbisch. 2009. Composition and similarity of global anomodont-bearing tetrapod faunas. Earth-Science Reviews 95:119-157 [R. Butler/R. Butler]
74324 T. Hamley, J. C. Cisneros, and R. Damiani. 2020. A procolophonid reptile from the Lower Triassic of Australia. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 1-56 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]
43617 A. A. Howie. 1972. On a Queensland labyrinthodont. In K. A. Joysey, T. S. Kemp (eds.), Studies in Vertebrate Evolution 51-64 [R. Butler/R. Butler]
63423 R. E. Molnar. 1991. Fossil reptiles in Australia. In P. Vickers-Rich, J. M. Monaghan, R. F. Baird, & T. H. Rich (eds.), Vertebrate Paleontology of Australasia 605-702 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
37646 R. A. Thulborn. 1979. A proterosuchian thecodont from the Rewan Formation of Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 19(3):331-355 [R. Butler/R. Butler]
37648 R. A. Thulborn. 1983. A mammal-like reptile from Australia. Nature 303:330-331 [R. Butler/R. Butler]
43620 A. Warren. 1985. Triassic Australian plagiosauroid. Journal of Paleontology 59(1):236-241 [R. Butler/R. Butler]
75681 A. Warren, R. Damiani, and D. P. Sengupta. 2009. Unique stereospondyl mandibles from the Early Triassic Panchet Formation of India and the Arcadia Formation of Australia. Special Papers in Palaeontology 81:161-173 [B. Gee/B. Gee]
43614 A. A. Warren. 1980. Parotosuchus from the Early Triassic of Queensland and Western Australia. Alcheringa 4:25-36 [R. Butler/R. Butler]
43618 A. A. Warren. 1985. Two long-snouted temnospondyls (Amphibia, Labyrinthodontia) from the Triassic of Queensland. Alcheringa 9:293-295 [R. Butler/R. Butler]
43629 A. A. Warren, R. Damiani, and A. M. Yates. 2006. The South African stereospondyl Lydekkerina huxleyi (Tetrapoda, Temnospondyli) in the Lower Triassic of Australia. Geological Magazine 143(6):877-886 [R. Butler/R. Butler/R. Butler]
43623 A. A. Warren and M. N. Hutchinson. 1987. The skeleton of a new hornless rhytidosteid (Amphibia, Temnospondyli). Alcheringa 11:291-302 [R. Butler/R. Butler]
30403 A. A. Warren and M. N. Hutchinson. 1990. Lapillopsis, a new genus of temnospondyl amphibians from the Early Triassic of Queensland. Alcheringa 14(2):149-158 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht]
43622 A. A. Warren and M. N. Hutchinson. 1990. The young ones - small temnospondyls from the Arcadia Formation. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 28(1):103-106 [R. Butler/R. Butler]
43625 A. M. Yates. 1999. The Lapillopsidae: a new family of small temnospondyls from the Early Triassic of Australia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 19(2):302-320 [R. Butler/R. Butler]