Carnarvon Gorge tracksite (Jurassic of Australia)

Where: Queensland, Australia (25.1° S, 148.2° E: paleocoordinates 57.6° S, 88.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Precipice Sandstone Formation, Early/Lower Jurassic (201.3 - 174.1 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; pebbly, gray sandstone

• "Most of the block is composed of gritty grey sandstone, with a scattering of small quartz pebbles, but its sole is cemented and reinforced by reddish-brown ironstone to a thickness of about 4 mm. The undersurface is marked with irregular swellings and hollows, but there are no definite indications of ripple-marks."

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, trace

Collection methods: surface (float),

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: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 62555: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 21.07.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Ornithischia - Moyenisauropodidae
"Anomoepus cf. gracillimus" = Anomoepus scambus
"Anomoepus cf. gracillimus" = Anomoepus scambus Hitchcock 1848 ornithopod
QM F 25612