McIntyre Gully: Santonian, Australia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Mosasauridae
cf. Platecarpus sp. Cope 1869
UWA 37092, fragmentary forelimb
see common names

Geography
Country:Australia State/province:Western Australia
Coordinates: 31.3° South, 115.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:58.1° South, 96.7° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Santonian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 6
Key time interval:Santonian
Age range of interval:86.30000 - 83.60000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Molecap Greensand
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Upper section
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Mosasaur locality
Database number:142716
Authorizer:P. Mannion Enterer:J. Tennant
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2013-04-15 21:55:51 Last modified:2013-04-15 06:55:51
Access level:the public Released:2013-04-15 21:55:51
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

46317. B. P. Kear, J. A. Long, and J. E. Martin. 2005. A review of Australian mosasaur occurences. Netherlands Journal of Geosciences — Geologie en Mijnbouw 84(3):307-313 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant]