Where: Queensland, Australia (20.9° S, 143.6° E: paleocoordinates 52.1° S, 132.0° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Toolebuc Formation (Rolling Downs Group), Late/Upper Albian (105.3 - 99.6 Ma)
• originally described as from the "Allaru Mudstone"
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: basinal (); concretionary, gray, yellow, silty lime mudstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils
Preservation: concretion, soft parts
Collected by I. Ievers in 1989-1990
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (float), surface (in situ), mechanical,
• plants found in gut cavity as a cololite
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 47057: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 03.02.2005, edited by Hallie Street and Philip Mannion
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Kunbarrasaurus ieversi n. gen. n. sp.2
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Elasmosauridae indet.1 Cope 1869 elasmosaur exact locality unkown, but reliably from upper Flinders River region
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Platypterygius australis5 McCoy 1867 ichthyosaur KKM R519 (44 caudal centra, complete left hind limb, right femur, partial right hind limb) and QM F18906 (left and right hind limbs)
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Chondrichthyes | |
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Cephalopoda | |
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Bivalvia | |
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unclassified | |
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