Allaru Formation

Allaru Formation
Stratigraphic range: Albian[1]
Type Geological formation
Location
Region Australia

The Allaru Formation is a geological formation in Queensland, Australia whose strata date back to the Early Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[1]

Vertebrate paleofauna

Possible indeterminate ankylosaur remains present in Queensland.[1] Indeterminate ornithopod remains present in Queensland.[1]

Dinosaurs of the Allaru Formation
Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images
Austrosaurus A. mckillopi Queensland "Doral vertebrae [and possible] incomplete limb remains from several individuals."[2] [1]
Kunbarrasaurus[3] K. ieversi Queensland [1]
?Muttaburrasaurus ?Muttaburrasaurus sp. Queensland [1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Early Cretaceous, Australasia)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 573-574. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
  2. "Table 13.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 267.
  3. Lucy G. Leahey, Ralph E. Molnar, Kenneth Carpenter, Lawrence M. Witmer and Steven W. Salisbury (2015). "Cranial osteology of the ankylosaurian dinosaur formerly known as Minmi sp. (Ornithischia: Thyreophora) from the Lower Cretaceous Allaru Mudstone of Richmond, Queensland, Australia". PeerJ 3: e1475. doi:10.7717/peerj.1475.

Coordinates: 24°52′02.17″S 146°14′19.85″E / 24.8672694°S 146.2388472°E / -24.8672694; 146.2388472


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