Isisford: Late/Upper Albian, Australia
collected -1990, 2001, 2003

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
Isisfordia duncani n. gen., n. sp. Salisbury et al. 2006
(1 measurement)
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]