Wonthaggi Formation

Wonthaggi Formation
Stratigraphic range: Valanginian - Aptian[1]
Type Geological formation
Unit of Strzelecki Group
Underlies Unconformity with Wombat Volcanics & Kersop Arkose
Overlies Paleozoic basement
Thickness Up to 2,500 m (8,200 ft)
Lithology
Primary Volcaniclastic sandstone, siltstone
Other Conglomerate, coal
Location
Region Victoria
Country  Australia

The Wonthaggi Formation is a geological formation in Victoria, Australia whose strata date back to the Early Cretaceous. It is part of the Strzelecki Group. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[1][2] It is equivalent to the Eumeralla Formation.

Vertebrate paleofauna

Indeterminate ankylosaur, euornithopod, and possible neoceratopsian remains are present in Victoria, Australia.[1] Indeterminate ornithomimmosaur remains, as well as possible indeterminate allosauroid and dromaeosaurid remains are present in Victoria, Australia.[1]

Ornithischians of the Wonthaggi Formation
Genus Species Presence Notes Images

Fulgurotherium[1]

F. australe[1]

Geographically present in Victoria, Australia.[1]
Qantassaurus

Qantassaurus[1]

Q. intrepidus[1]

Geographically present in Victoria, Australia.[1]

"[Three] dentaries and teeth."[3]

Serendipaceratops[1]

S. arthurclarkei[1]

Geographically present in Victoria, Australia.[1]

Aves[4]

Indeterminate

Possibly also present at the Eumeralla Formation (footprints).

Single furcula.
Ankylosauria[5] Indeterminate Flat Rocks locality Teeth, dorsal vertebra, ribs, osteoderms

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 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. ↑ . "Wonthaggi Formation", Australian Stratigraphic Units Database, Geoscience Australia, retrieved 2011-09-18
  3. ↑ "Table 18.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 395.
  4. ↑ Anthony J. Martin, Patricia Vickers-Rich, Thomas H. Rich and Michael Hall, Oldest known avian footprints from Australia: Eumeralla Formation (Albian), Dinosaur Cove, Victoria, 25 OCT 2013 DOI: 10.1111/pala.12082
  5. ↑ Barrett, Paul M.; Rich, Thomas H.; Vickers-Rich, Patricia; Tumanova, Tat'yana A.; Inglis, Matthew; Pickering, David; Kool, Lesley; Kear, Benjamin P. (September 2010). "Ankylosaurian dinosaur remains from the Lower Cretaceous of southeastern Australia". Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology. 34 (3): 205–217. doi:10.1080/03115511003655430. ISSN 0311-5518.
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