Yambore Creek: Albian, Australia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Plesiosauria
- Elasmosauridae
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Tuarangisaurus australis n. sp.
Sachs 2005
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| recombined as Eromangasaurus australis | ||||||||||
| Holotype: QMF11050, near-complete skull | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Australia | State/province: | Queensland |
| Coordinates: | 20.7° South, 142.1° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 54.2° South, 127.7° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early/Lower Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Albian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 4 |
| Key time interval: | Albian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 113.00000 - 100.50000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Rolling Downs | Formation: | Toolebuc |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Tuarangisaurus australis type locality | ||
| Database number: | 140907 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Mannion | Enterer: | J. Tennant |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-03-19 01:43:00 | Last modified: | 2017-06-02 14:47:46 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-03-19 01:43:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 45721. | S. Sachs. 2005. Tuarangisaurus australis sp. nov. (Plesiosauria: Elasmosauridae) from the Lower Cretaceous of Northeastern Queensland, with additional notes on the phylogeny of the Elasmosauridae. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 50(2):425-440 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant] |