Flat Rocks, Bunurong Marine Park (Cretaceous of Australia)

Also known as Inverloch, Dinosaur Dreaming

Where: Victoria, Australia (38.7° S, 145.7° E: paleocoordinates 77.0° S, 117.5° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Cyclosporites hughesii pollen zone, Wonthaggi Formation (Strzelecki Group), Late/Upper Aptian (122.5 - 112.0 Ma)

• early Aptian according to Rich et al. 2005 and Benson et al. 2012; late Aptian according to Salisbury et al. 2016

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; fine-grained sandstone and muddy conglomerate

• fluvial environment: floodplains with braided river channels
• "bone-bearing conglomerate"

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: trace

Collected by N. Barton, T. Rich, L. Kool, A. Martin, T. Lamb in 1991–1992, 1994–

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ), mechanical,

• NMV, Museum Victoria, Melbourne, Australia

Primary reference: T. H. Rich and P. Vickers-Rich. 1994. Digs at Dinosaur Cove and Flat Rocks 1994. Excavation Report: Dinosaur Cove 1993–1994 & Inverloch 1994 1-4 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 51961: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 06.07.2005, edited by Mark Uhen and Roger Benson

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Actinopterygii -
Actinopterygii indet.12 Cope 1887 ray-finned fish
"fish jaw"
 Dipnoi -
Dipnoi indet.12 lungfish
 Ceratodontiformes - Neoceratodontidae
Neoceratodus nargun12 Kemp 1983 Queensland lungfish
Mammalia
 Multituberculata -
Multituberculata indet.12 multituberculate
 Multituberculata - Corriebaataridae
Corriebaatar marywaltersae n. gen. n. sp.14
Corriebaatar marywaltersae n. gen. n. sp.14 Rich et al. 2009 multituberculate
NMV P216655
 Australosphenida -
Bishops whitmorei n. gen. n. sp.10
Bishops whitmorei n. gen. n. sp.10 Rich et al. 2001 mammal
NMV P210075
 Monotremata -
Monotremata indet.12 monotreme
 Monotremata - Ornithorhynchidae
Teinolophos trusleri n. gen. n. sp.9
Teinolophos trusleri n. gen. n. sp.9 Rich et al. 1999 platypus
originally entered as "Teinolophus trusleri"
 Australosphenida -
Ausktribosphenos nyktos n. gen. n. sp.13
Ausktribosphenos nyktos n. gen. n. sp.13 Rich et al. 1997 mammal
jaw
 Theriamorpha -
Tribosphenida indet.12 McKenna 1975 mammal
Reptilia
 Testudinata -
Testudinata indet.7 Oppel 1811 turtle
 Ornithischia -
Ankylosauria indet.8 ankylosaur
NMV P186435, 186463, 198953, 199128, 199198, 199988, 208229, 209963, 210093, 212808, 216508, 221060, 221105, 208085, 199100, 221200, 221201, 221213
Ornithopoda indet.5 Marsh 1881 ornithopod
NMV P199135, P208506, P210049, P228408, P231182, P208192 (= "Victorian ornithopodan dentary morphotype 3 (VOD3)"); P198982, P208495, P211151, P216768 (neonate femora)
Iguanodontia indet.1 ornithopod
NMV P186370, 186468, 198888, 198889, 198931, 198963, 198981, 198981a, 198982, 199022, 199091, 199138, 199146, 208159, 208231
Galleonosaurus dorisae n. gen. n. sp.5 Herne et al. 2019 ornithopod
NMV P229196, P208178, P209977, P212845
cf. Atlascopcosaurus loadsi5 Rich and Vickers-Rich 1989 ornithopod
NMV P208133, partial R maxilla w/erupted dentition
Qantassaurus ? intrepidus5 Rich and Vickers-Rich 1999 ornithopod
NMV 198962, 199087 (orig. Q. intrepidus; = "Victorian ornithopodan dentary morphotype 2 (VOD2)")
Qantassaurus intrepidus n. gen. n. sp.11 Rich and Vickers-Rich 1999 ornithopod
NMV P199075 (= "Victorian ornithopodan dentary morphotype 1 (VOD1)")
 Theropoda -
Theropoda indet.6 Marsh 1881 theropod
NMV P210090, 212806, 216642 (distal caudal vertebrae); NMV P199050 (manual phalanx), P199085, P208512 (ungual phalanges); NMV P209990 (metatarsal ?IV); 3 tracks
 Theropoda - Megaraptoridae
Australovenator wintonensis15 Hocknull et al. 2009 coelurosaur
at least 90 teeth
 Theropoda -
Maniraptora indet.3 Gauthier 1986 maniraptoran
NMV P216672 (dorsal vertebra)
Aves
 Enantiornithes -
Enantiornithes indet.4 Walker 1981 bird
NMV P208183
Reptilia
 Theropoda - Ornithomimidae
Ornithomimidae indet.7 Marsh 1890 ornithomimid
ungual
 Theropoda - Neovenatoridae
Neovenatoridae indet.3 Benson et al. 2010 allosauroid
NMV P221187 (dorsal centrum), NMV P208096 (middle caudal centrum)
 Pterosauria -
Pterosauria indet.12 Kaup 1834 pterosaur
 Plesiosauria -
Plesiosauria indet.2 de Blainville 1835 plesiosaur
ten teeth (NMV P186376, P199124, P208117, P208320, P212943, P216500, P216561, P221164, P228442, P228447), two cervical ribs (NMV P186455, P208161); "smaller taxon"