Allaru Formation

Allaru Formation
Stratigraphic range: Albian[1]
Type Geological formation
Unit of Rolling Downs Group
Underlies Mackunda Formation
Overlies Toolebuc Formation
Thickness Up to 700 m (2,300 ft)
Lithology
Primary Mudstone
Other Siltstone, sandstone, limestone
Location
Coordinates 24°52′02.17″S 146°14′19.85″E / 24.8672694°S 146.2388472°E / -24.8672694; 146.2388472Coordinates: 24°52′02.17″S 146°14′19.85″E / 24.8672694°S 146.2388472°E / -24.8672694; 146.2388472
Region Queensland
Country  Australia

The Allaru Formation, also known as the Allaru Mudstone, 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 are present in Queensland.[1] Indeterminate ornithopod remains are present in Queensland.[1]

Dinosaurs of the Allaru Formation
GenusSpeciesLocationStratigraphic positionMaterialNotesImages
Austrosaurus A. mckillopi Queensland "Doral vertebrae [and possible] incomplete limb remains from several individuals."[2] [1]
Muttaburrasaurus
Kunbarrasaurus[3] K. ieversi Queensland [1]
?Muttaburrasaurus ?M. 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.


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