Slippery Rock, Dinosaur Cove: Early/Lower Albian, Australia
collected by Rich & Vickers-Rich 1985–1994
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Plesiosauria
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Plesiosauria indet.
de Blainville 1835
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13 specimens | |||||||||
13 teeth (NMV P177934, P185855, P185986, P186030, P186031, P186032, P186131, P186133, P186411, P186416, P202607, P202613, P208102) | ||||||||||
= Pliosauroidea indet.
Welles 1943
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Kear 2006 | |||||||||
= Plesiosauria informal smaller taxon
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Benson et al. 2013 | |||||||||
13 teeth (NMV P177934, P185855, P185986, P186030, P186031, P186032, P186131, P186133, P186411, P186416, P202607, P202613, P208102) | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Dinosauria
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Dinosauria indet.
Owen 1842
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Reptilia
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Hypsilophodontidae informal indet. C
Dollo 1882
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femur type 1 | ||||||||||
= Ornithopoda indet.
Marsh 1881
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Agnolin et al. 2010 | |||||||||
Ornithopoda indet.
(Marsh 1881)
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Kitchener et al. 2019 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
NMV P177935, P186004, P186326, P198900; neonate femora | ||||||||||
Fulgurotherium australe
Huene 1932
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Rich and Vickers-Rich 1999 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
NMV P186102 | ||||||||||
= Iguanodontia indet.
Baur 1891
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Agnolin et al. 2010 | |||||||||
Hypsilophodontidae informal indet. B
Dollo 1882
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4 specimens | |||||||||
= Atlascopcosaurus loadsi
Rich and Vickers-Rich 1989
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Rich and Vickers-Rich 1989 | |||||||||
Hypsilophodontidae informal indet. A
Dollo 1882
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9 specimens | |||||||||
= Leaellynasaura amicagraphica n. gen., n. sp.
Rich and Vickers-Rich 1989
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Rich and Vickers-Rich 1989 | |||||||||
NMV P185990-185993, P186352 | ||||||||||
Theropoda indet.
(Marsh 1881)
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Benson et al. 2012 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
NMV P199783 (distal caudal vertebra) | ||||||||||
cf. Megaraptor sp.
Novas 1998
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Smith et al. 2008 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
NMV P186076 (ulna) | ||||||||||
= Neovenatoridae indet.
Benson et al. 2010
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Benson et al. 2010 | |||||||||
= Megaraptora indet.
Benson et al. 2010
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Agnolin et al. 2010 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Megaraptoridae
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Tyrannosauroidea indet.
Walker 1964
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Benson et al. 2010 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
NMV P186046 (prox. pubis) | ||||||||||
= Neotetanurae indet.
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Herne et al. 2010 | |||||||||
= Megaraptoridae indet.
Novas et al. 2013
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Novas et al. 2013 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Pterosauria
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? Pterosauria indet.
Kaup 1834
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Reptilia
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Testudines indet.
Batsch 1788
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10 specimens | |||||||||
= Otwayemys cunicularius n. gen., n. sp.
Gaffney et al. 1998
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Gaffney et al. 1998 | |||||||||
NMV P186116 (holotype shell); NMV P186234 (right first costal); NMV P186048 (entoplastron); NMV P186108 (right quadrate); NMV P186124 (right and left dentaries); NMV P186223 (right ramus dentary); NMV P186109 (right ramus dentary); NMV P186121 (first thoracic vertebra); NMV P186024 (posterior caudal vertebra); NMV P186222 (pelvic fragments) | ||||||||||
Mammalia
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Mammalia indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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Piper et al. 2006 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Mammalia
- Monotremata
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Kryoryctes cadburyi n. gen., n. sp.
Pridmore et al. 2005
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Pridmore et al. 2005 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
NMV P20894 | ||||||||||
Dipnoi
- Ceratodontidae
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Ceratodontidae indet.
Gill 1872
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Pisces
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Pisces indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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synonym of Osteichthyes | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Australia | State/province: | Victoria |
Coordinates: | 36.7° South, 143.4° East (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 72.0° South, 120.5° East | ||
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early/Lower Cretaceous |
Stage: | Albian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 4 |
Key time interval: | Early/Lower Albian | Pollen zone: | Crybelosporites striatus |
Age range of interval: | 112.03000 - 109.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | planar lamination lithified sandstone | ||
Secondary lithology: | planar lamination lithified conglomeratic mudstone | ||
Includes fossils? | Y | ||
Environment: | crevasse splay | Tectonic setting: | rift |
Geology comments: includes both floodplain and paleochannel deposits; The Wonthaggi Formation (Strzelecki Group) and middle Eumeralla Formation (Otway Group) comprise finely laminated sandstones and mudstones with locally abundant horizontally stratified fossiliferous claystone/mudstone conglomerates. These were laid down by meandering to braided river systems in a mid-Cretaceous rift valley flood plain formed
as a result of the onset of rifting between Australia and Antarctica. Specific site interpreted as stream avulsion. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Spatial orientation: | random |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
Articulated whole bodies: | none |
Associated major elements: | some |
Disassociated major elements: | some |
Disassociated minor elements: | some |
Fragmentation: | frequent |
Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection | ||
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
Collectors: | Rich & Vickers-Rich | Collection dates: | 1985–1994 |
Metadata
Also known as: | Slippery Rocks | ||
Database number: | 38542 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Carrano, R. Benson, M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Carrano, H. Street, M. Uhen, R. Benson |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2004-04-23 12:43:44 | Last modified: | 2023-01-24 10:57:14 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-04-23 12:43:44 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
19908. | ETE | P. V. Rich, T. R. Rich, B. E. Wagstaff, J. M. Mason, C. B. Douthitt, R. T. Gregory, and E. A. Felton. 1988. Evidence for low temperatures and biologic diversity in Cretaceous high latitudes of Australia. Science 242(4884):1403-1406 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
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