Isisford: Late/Upper Albian, Australia
collected -1990, 2001, 2003
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
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Isisfordia duncani n. gen., n. sp.
Salisbury et al. 2006
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Australia | State/province: | Queensland |
Coordinates: | 24.3° South, 144.4° East (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 55.6° South, 132.8° East | ||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early/Lower Cretaceous |
Stage: | Albian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 4 |
Key time interval: | Late/Upper Albian | ||
Age range of interval: | 105.30000 - 99.60000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Rolling Downs | Formation: | Winton | ||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: "latest Albian-earliest Cenomanian"
Tucker et al. 2013: average age for Isisford site based on detrital zircon analysis was ~101.3Ma |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | nodular,volcaniclastic lithified sandstone |
Lithology description: type specimen is from "a large nodule of fluvial, volcanoclastic sandstone" | |
Environment: | fluvial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | Collection dates: | mid-1990s, 2001, 2003 |
Collection method comments: Queensland Museum collection |
Metadata
Database number: | 100224 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
Modifier: | G. Varnham | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2010-12-01 22:32:36 | Last modified: | 2022-02-15 09:42:12 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-12-01 22:32:36 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
34388. | S. W. Salisbury, R. E. Molnar, E. Frey and P. M. A. Willis. 2006. The origin of modern crocodyliforms: new evidence from the Cretaceous of Australia. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 273:2439-2448 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |
Secondary references:
79070 | J. D. Scanlon. 2006. Dinosaurs and other Mesozoic reptiles of Australasia. In J. R. Merrick, M. Archer, G. M. Hickey, & M. S. Y. Lee (eds.), Evolution and Biogeography of Australasian Vertebrates 265-290 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |