Allaru Formation

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Allaru Formation
Stratigraphic range: Albian
~112–100 Ma
TypeGeological formation
Unit ofRolling Downs Group
UnderliesMackunda Formation
OverliesToolebuc Formation
ThicknessUp to 700 m (2,300 ft)
Lithology
PrimaryMudstone
OtherSiltstone, sandstone, limestone
Location
Coordinates24°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
Approximate paleocoordinates51°00′S 133°06′E / 51.0°S 133.1°E / -51.0; 133.1
RegionQueensland
Country Australia
ExtentEromanga Basin
Allaru Formation is located in Australia
Allaru Formation
Allaru Formation (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]

Fossil content[]

Possible indeterminate ankylosaur remains are present in Queensland. Indeterminate ornithopod remains are present in Queensland.[1]

Dinosaurs
Genus Species Location Material Notes Images
Austrosaurus A. mckillopi Queensland "Doral vertebrae [and possible] incomplete limb remains from several individuals"[2] [1]
Kunbarrasaurus K. ieversi Queensland [1][3]
Minmi model Canberra email.jpg
?Muttaburrasaurus ?M. sp. Queensland [1]
Muttaburrasaurus NT.jpg

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e Weishampel et al., 2004, pp.573-574
  2. ^ "Table 13.1," in Weishampel et al., 2004, p.267
  3. ^ Leahey et al., 2015

Bibliography[]

  • Leahey, Lucy G.; 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. Accessed 2020-03-16. doi:10.7717/peerj.1475 PMID 26664806
  • Weishampel, David B.; Peter Dodson, and Halszka Osmólska (eds.). 2004. The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, 1–880. Berkeley: University of California Press. Accessed 2019-02-21. ISBN 0-520-24209-2
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