Eagle's Nest, Inverloch: Late/Upper Aptian, Australia
collected by W. H. Ferguson, T. Rich 1903–1905, 1990-

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Amphibia - Temnospondyli
Temnospondyli indet. von Zittel 1887
Rich and Vickers-Rich 1989 1 specimen
Reptilia - Dinosauria
Dinosauria indet. Owen 1842
Rich et al. 1988
Reptilia
Fulgurotherium australe Huene 1932
Rich et al. 1988 3 specimens
NMV P150054, 185948, 186403
    = Iguanodontia indet. Baur 1891
Agnolin et al. 2010
Megalosaurus sp. Parkinson 1822
1 specimen
    = Carnosauria indet. Huene 1920
Molnar 1980
NMV P.10058
    = Theropoda indet. Marsh 1881
Agnolin et al. 2010
Allosaurus sp. Marsh 1877
Molnar et al. 1981 1 specimen
    = cf. Ornithomimoidea indet. Sereno 1999
Welles 1983
    = Australovenator sp. Hocknull et al. 2009
Hocknull et al. 2009
NMV 150070
    = Abelisauroidea indet. Bonaparte 1991
Agnolin et al. 2010
    = Neovenatoridae indet. Benson et al. 2010
Benson et al. 2012
    = Megaraptora indet. Benson et al. 2010
Carrano et al. 2012
Pterosauria indet. (Kaup 1834)
Rich and Vickers-Rich 2020
Reptilia - Plesiosauria
? Plesiosauria indet. de Blainville 1835
Rich et al. 1988
    = Pliosauroidea indet. Welles 1943
Kear 2006
NMV P19124, NMV P185855, NMV P208117, NMV P208306 NMV P186328, NMV P186376
Reptilia
? Lepidosauria indet. (Haeckel 1866)
Rich et al. 1988 1 specimen
NMV 15682
Reptilia - Testudines
Testudines indet. Batsch 1788
Rich et al. 1988
Dipnoi
Dipnoi indet. (Müller 1884)
Rich and Vickers-Rich 2020
Dipnoi - Ceratodontidae
Ceratodus avus n. sp. Woodward 1906
1 specimen
Dipnomorpha - Neoceratodontidae
Neoceratodus nargun Kemp 1983
Rich and Vickers-Rich 2020
unclassified
Actinopterygii indet. (Cope 1887)
Rich and Vickers-Rich 2020
see common names

Geography
Country:Australia State/province:Victoria
Coordinates: 38.7° South, 145.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:77.0° South, 117.4° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Early/Lower Cretaceous
10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 2-3
Key time interval:Late/Upper Aptian Pollen zone: Crybelosporites striatus
Age range of interval:119.50000 - 113.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Strzelecki Formation:Wonthaggi
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: also Cyclosporites lagtesii sporeopolen subzone
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:planar lamination lithified sandstone
Secondary lithology:planar lamination lithified conglomeratic mudstone
Lithology description: "The Wonthaggi Formation (Strzelecki Group) and middle Eumeralla Formation (Otway Group) comprise finely laminated sandstones and mudstones with locally abundant horizontally stratified fossiliferous claystone/ mudstone conglomerates. These were laid down by meandering to braided river systems in a mid-Cretaceous rift valley flood plain formed as a result of the onset of rifting between Australia and Antarctica"
Environment:fluvial indet. Tectonic setting:rift
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:medium
Disassociated major elements:many
Disassociated minor elements:many
Fragmentation:frequent
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collectors:W. H. Ferguson, T. Rich Collection dates:1903–1905, 1990-
Collection method comments: original Ceratodus and theropod specimens collected by W. H. Ferguson, brought to Woodward by J. W. Gregory. Later excavations at same site.
NMV, Museum Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
Metadata
Also known as:Eagles Nest, Cape Patterson, Cape Paterson
Database number:38538
Authorizer:M. Carrano, R. Benson Enterer:M. Carrano, R. Benson
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2004-04-23 12:28:07 Last modified:2023-01-20 15:52:17
Access level:the public Released:2004-04-23 12:28:07
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
30574.ETE A. S. Woodward. 1906. On a tooth of Ceratodus and a dinosaurian claw from the Lower Jurassic of Victoria, Australia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 7 18(103):1-3 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

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