Also known as Hamilton River
Where: Queensland, Australia (23.1° S, 140.6° E: paleocoordinates 54.0° S, 126.9° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Toolebuc Formation (Rolling Downs Group), Late/Upper Albian (105.3 - 99.6 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: chemical, acetic,
• specimens were "recovered by acetic acid solution of the limestone"
•Queensland Museum collection
Primary reference: R. E. Molnar. 1986. An enantiornithine bird from the Lower Cretaceous of Queensland, Australia. Nature 322:736-738 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 85237: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 06.12.2008, edited by Philip Mannion, Jonathan Tennant and Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes | |
Ptyktoptychion tayyo n. gen. n. sp.1
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Aves | |
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Nanantius eos n. gen. n. sp.
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Reptilia | |
Platypterygius australis3 McCoy 1867 ichthyosaur QM F40821 (right ischiopubis and possible clavicle element) and SAMP44323 (unprepared material, including skull, anterior vertebrae, pectoral girdle elements, forelimb elements)
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Mammalia | |
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