Where: Queensland, Australia (24.3° S, 144.4° E: paleocoordinates 55.6° S, 132.8° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Winton Formation (Rolling Downs Group), Late/Upper Albian (105.3 - 99.6 Ma)
• "latest Albian-earliest Cenomanian"
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•Tucker et al. 2013: average age for Isisford site based on detrital zircon analysis was ~101.3Ma
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial; lithified, nodular, volcaniclastic sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected in mid-1990s, 2001, 2003
• Queensland Museum collection
Primary reference: S. W. Salisbury, R. E. Molnar, E. Frey and P. M. A. Willis. 2006. The origin of modern crocodyliforms: new evidence from the Cretaceous of Australia. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 273:2439-2448 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 100224: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 01.12.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Isisfordia duncani n. gen. n. sp.
Isisfordia duncani n. gen. n. sp. Salisbury et al. 2006 crocodilian |