List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Chelidae
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Emydura sp.
Bonaparte 1836
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Emydura s.l. sp.; QM F14318 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Australia | State/province: | Queensland |
| Coordinates: | 20.4° South, 148.6° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 41.8° South, 144.2° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Condor Oil Shale | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: “lower Tertiary”,
with palynological studies giving a range of “Palaeocene to middle Oligocene” or “Eocene to Miocene” (Paine 1972; Green & Bateman 1981). Condor oil shale may be part of Cape Hillsborough Beds or the Plevna Beds. |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "shale" |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 176507 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Holroyd | Enterer: | P. Holroyd | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2016-02-15 16:38:16 | Last modified: | 2016-02-15 16:38:16 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-02-15 16:38:16 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 55551. | F. Lapparent de Broin and R. E. Molnar. 2001. Eocene chelid turtles from Redbank Plains, Southeast Queensland. Geodiversitas 23(1):41-79 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd] |