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Mackunda Formation

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. It consists primarily of interbedded and cross bedded greensand, with variably calcareous shale, with local ferricrete.

Vertebrate paleofauna

Archosaurs
Genus Species Presence Materials Notes Images
Ctenochasmatoidea Indeterminate Queensland, Australia.
Iguanodontidae Indeterminate Queensland, Australia.
Muttaburrasaurus M. langdoni Queensland, Australia. "Skull and postcrania, fragmentary skeleton." An iguanodontian hadrosaur.

See also

References

  1. ^ 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. ^ 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. ^ 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.