Jump to content

Mackunda Formation

Coordinates: 22°44′03″S 142°08′30″E / 22.73417°S 142.14167°E / -22.73417; 142.14167
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Mackunda Formation
Stratigraphic range: Late Albian
~105.3–99.7 Ma
TypeGeological formation
Unit ofRolling Downs Group
UnderliesWinton Formation
OverliesAllaru Formation
ThicknessUp to 275 m (902 ft)
Lithology
PrimarySandstone, siltstone, shale, marl
Location
Coordinates22°44′03″S 142°08′30″E / 22.73417°S 142.14167°E / -22.73417; 142.14167
Approximate paleocoordinates52°54′S 132°00′E / 52.9°S 132.0°E / -52.9; 132.0
Region Queensland
Country Australia
ExtentEromanga Basin
Mackunda Formation is located in Australia
Mackunda Formation
Mackunda Formation (Australia)

The Mackunda 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] It consists primarily of interbedded and cross bedded greensand, with variably calcareous shale, with local ferricrete.[2]

Vertebrate paleofauna

[edit]
Archosaurs
Genus Species Presence Materials Notes Images
Ctenochasmatoidea[3] Indeterminate Queensland, Australia.[3]
Iguanodontidae[4] Indeterminate Queensland, Australia.[4]
Muttaburrasaurus[1] M. langdoni Queensland, Australia.[1] "Skull and postcrania, fragmentary skeleton."[5] An iguanodontian hadrosaur.

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b c 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. ^ "Mackunda Formation". Australian Stratigraphic Units Database, Geoscience Australia. Retrieved 2019-10-06.
  3. ^ a b Fletcher, T. L.; Salisbury, S. W. (2010). "New pterosaur fossils from the Early Cretaceous (Albian) of Queensland, Australia". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 30 (6): 1747–1759. Bibcode:2010JVPal..30.1747F. doi:10.1080/02724634.2010.521929. S2CID 128479527.
  4. ^ a b Bartholomai, A. (1966). "Fossil footprints in Queensland". Australian Natural History. 15 (5): 147–150.
  5. ^ "Table 19.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 416.