Marree Subgroup

Marree Subgroup
Stratigraphic range: Aptian-Albian[1]
Type Subgroup
Unit of Rolling Downs Group
Sub-units Bellinger Sandstone, Bulldog Shale, Coorikiana Sandstone, Oodnadatta Formation
Underlies Mackunda Formation, Winton Formation
Overlies Parabarana Sandstone, Cadna-owie Formation
Lithology
Primary Siltstone
Other Gravel, conglomerate, shale, clay
Location
Coordinates 30°26′0″S 137°10′0″E / 30.43333°S 137.16667°E / -30.43333; 137.16667Coordinates: 30°26′0″S 137°10′0″E / 30.43333°S 137.16667°E / -30.43333; 137.16667
Approximate paleocoordinates 57°06′S 117°18′E / 57.1°S 117.3°E / -57.1; 117.3
Region South Australia
Country  Australia
Extent Eromanga Basin
Type section
Named for Marree
Named by Forbes
Year defined 1966

The Marree Subgroup, previously described as Maree Formation and Marree Formation, is a geological subgroup in the Eromanga Basin of South Australia whose strata date back to the Aptian. The subgroup was first described as a formation by Forbes in 1966.[2][3] Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[1]

An opalised pliosaur named 'Eric' was described in 1998 by Schroeder.[4] The decapod crab Dioratiopus salebrosus was described in 1980.[5]

Vertebrate paleofauna

Indeterminate theropod remains present in Western Australia.[1]

Dinosaurs of the Marree Subgroup
Genus Species Presence Notes Images

Kakuru[1]

K. kujani[1]

Geographically present in Western Australia, Australia.[1]

"Hindlimb."[6]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 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. ↑ 1988 - Tanh Van Doan - Sedimentology and mineralogy of some Jurassic-Cretaceous sediments of the southern Eromanga Basin - MSc. thesis
  3. ↑ "Marree Subgroup". Australian Stratigraphic Units Database. Geoscience Australia and Australian Stratigraphy Commission. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
  4. ↑ 1999 - Recent developments in Australasian sauropterygian palaeontology (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) - Records of the Westem Australian Museum Supplement No. 57: 201-205
  5. ↑ Wooldridge Creek, Alberga River at Fossilworks.org
  6. ↑ "Table 4.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 76.

Further reading

  • Schroeder, N. (1998). A review of order Pliosauria, and the description of a new, opalised pliosauroid, from the Early Cretaceous of Coober Pedy, South Australia. M.Sc. thesis, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria
  • M. F. Glaessner. 1980. New Cretaceous and Tertiary crabs (Crustacea: Brachyura) from Australia and New Zealand. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 104(6):171-192
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