Point Lewis: Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian, Australia
collected by T. Flannery, T. Rich 1980
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Dipnoi
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Dipnoi indet.
(Müller 1884)
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Dipnoi
- Ceratodontidae
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Ceratodus nargun
Kemp 1983
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Rich et al. 1988 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Testudines indet.
(Batsch 1788)
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Rich and Vickers-Rich 2020 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Dinosauria
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Dinosauria indet.
Owen 1842
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Reptilia
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Ornithopoda indet.
(Marsh 1881)
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Rich and Vickers-Rich 2020 | |||||||||
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Hypsilophodontidae indet.
Dollo 1882
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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= Hypsilophodontidae informal indet. B
Dollo 1882
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Rich et al. 1988 | |||||||||
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= Atlascopcosaurus loadsi
Rich and Vickers-Rich 1989
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Rich and Vickers-Rich 1989 | |||||||||
| NMV P157390, maxilla | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Dromaeosauridae
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? Theropoda indet.
Marsh 1881
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Rich et al. 1988 | |||||||||
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= Dromaeosauridae indet.
Colbert and Russell 1969
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Benson et al. 2012 | |||||||||
| NMV P180889 (proximal part of a femur) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Australia | State/province: | Victoria |
| Coordinates: | 38.8° South, 143.6° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 76.2° South, 112.2° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early/Lower Cretaceous |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 119.50000 - 109.90000 m.y. ago |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone | ||
| Includes fossils? | Y | ||
| Environment: | fluvial indet. | Tectonic setting: | rift |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated minor elements: | some |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
| Collectors: | T. Flannery, T. Rich | Collection dates: | 1980 |
| Collection method comments: NMV, Museum Victoria, Melbourne | |||
Metadata
| Also known as: | Lungfish Site | ||
| Database number: | 38540 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano, R. Benson | Enterer: | M. Carrano, R. Benson |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-04-23 12:38:36 | Last modified: | 2021-04-14 19:39:43 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-04-23 12:38:36 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 63316. | T. F. Flannery and T. H. Rich. 1981. Dinosaur digging in Victoria. Australian Natural History 20(6):195-198 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 41603 | R. B. J. Benson, T. H. Rich, P. Vickers Rich and M. Hall. 2012. Theropod fauna from southern Australia indicates high polar diversity and climate-driven dinosaur provinciality. PLoS ONE 7(5):e37122 [R. Benson/R. Benson/O. Alfaro] | |
| 66139 | M. C. Herne, A. M. Tait, V. Weisbecker, M. Hall, J. P. Nair, M. Cleeland, and S. W. Salisbury. 2018. A new small-bodied ornithopod (Dinosauria, Ornithischia) from a deep, high-energy Early Cretaceous river of the Australian-Antarctic rift system. PeerJ 5:e4113:1-77 [G. Lloyd/G. Lloyd/M. Carrano] | |
| 63257 | L. Kool, N. A. Van Klaveren, T. H. Rich, D. Seegets-Villiers, K. Bacheller, A. Fraser, and L. Fletcher. 2000. Dinosaur Dreaming 2000 annual report. Dinosaur Dreaming: Flat Rocks Site Report, 2000 1-29 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 76422 | S. F. Poropat. 2019. Final report. Winston Churchill Memorial Trust of Australia 1-56 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 19908 | ETE | P. V. Rich, T. R. Rich, B. E. Wagstaff, J. M. Mason, C. B. Douthitt, R. T. Gregory, and E. A. Felton. 1988. Evidence for low temperatures and biologic diversity in Cretaceous high latitudes of Australia. Science 242(4884):1403-1406 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 34284 | ETE | T. H. Rich, P. V. Rich, B. E. Wagstaff, J. R. C. M. Mason, T. F. Flannery, M. Archer, R. E. Molnar and J. A. Long. 1992. Two possible chronological anomalies in the Early Cretaceous tetrapod assemblages of southeastern Australia. In N. J. Mateer & P.-J. Chen (ed.), Aspects of Nonmarine Cretaceous Geology. China Ocean Press, Beijing 165-176 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/O. Alfaro] |
| 10342 | T. H. Rich and P. Vickers-Rich. 1989. Polar dinosaurs and biotas of the Early Cretaceous of southeastern Australia. National Geographic Research 5(1):15-53 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 63248 | T. H. Rich and P. Vickers-Rich. 1994. Dig at Dinosaur Cove 1993. Excavation Report: Dinosaur Cove 1993–1994 & Inverloch 1994 1-8 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 83736 | T. H. Rich and P. Vickers-Rich. 2020. Dinosaurs of Darkness (second edition) 1-310 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 63329 | N. A. Van Klaveren. 2001. Excavation report. Dinosaur Draming: Flat Rocks Site Report 2001 9-12 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |