The Mackunda Formation is a geological formation in Queensland, Australia whose strata date back to the Cenomanian stage of the Late Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[2] It consists primarily of interbedded and cross bedded greensand, with variably calcareous shale, with local ferricrete.[3]
Vertebrate paleofauna
| Archosaurs | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Presence | Materials | Notes | Images |
| Ctenochasmatoidea[4] | Indeterminate | Queensland, Australia.[4] | |||
| Iguanodontidae[5] | Indeterminate | Queensland, Australia.[5] | |||
| Muttaburrasaurus[2] | M. langdoni | Queensland, Australia.[2] | “Skull and postcrania, fragmentary skeleton.”[6] | An Ornithopod. |  |
See also
References
- ^ Herne, M. C.; Bevitt, J. J.; Milan, L.; Hocknull, S. A.; Tait, A. M.; Allen, C. M.; Rozefelds, A. C.; Molnar, R. E.; Weisbecker, V.; Bell, P. R. (2026). “Cranial anatomy, palaeoneurology, palaeobiology and stratigraphic age of the large-bodied ornithopod, Muttaburrasaurus langdoni Bartholomai and Molnar, 1981, from the mid-Cretaceous of Australia”. PeerJ. 14 e20794. doi:10.7717/peerj.20794.
- ^ 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.
- ^ “Mackunda Formation”. Australian Stratigraphic Units Database, Geoscience Australia. Retrieved 2019-10-06.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Bartholomai, A. (1966). “Fossil footprints in Queensland”. Australian Natural History. 15 (5): 147–150.
- ^ “Table 19.1,” in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 416.