List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Chelidae
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Chelodina sp.
Fitzinger 1826
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Chelodina sp. b (QM F18214); Chelodina sp. c (QM F18215-18216); Chelodina sp. c? (QM F18212) | ||||||||||
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: | 176511 | ||
Authorizer: | P. Holroyd | Enterer: | P. Holroyd | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2016-02-15 17:52:20 | Last modified: | 2016-02-15 17:52:20 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-02-15 17:52:20 |
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] |