List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Chelidae
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Emydura sp.
Bonaparte 1836
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Emydura s.l. sp. a; QM F31697 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Australia | State/province: | Queensland |
| Coordinates: | 27.7° South, 152.9° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 48.3° South, 153.8° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Redbank Plains | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: "basalt from the overlying Silkstone Formation has been dated at 45 my.
(Green & Stevens 1975; Cranfield et al. 1989), so that the Redbank Plains Formation is at least Eocene in age. This age is generally accepted, although it may be as old as Palaeocene." |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "shale" |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
| Geology comments: vertebrate fossils usually occur in ironstone nodules, weathered out of the shales | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,mold/impression,concretion |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Specimens at Queensland Museum, Brisbane | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 176510 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Holroyd | Enterer: | P. Holroyd |
| Modifier: | P. Holroyd | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2016-02-15 17:47:00 | Last modified: | 2016-02-15 17:49:31 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-02-15 17:47:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 55551. | F. Lapparent de Broin and R. E. Molnar. 2001. Eocene chelid turtles from Redbank Plains, Southeast Queensland. Geodiversitas 23(1):41-79 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd] |