Broome Sandstone

Broome Sandstone Stratigraphic range: Valanginian-Barremian ~140–126 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Type	Geological formation
Unit of
Underlies
Overlies	(Unconformity), ,
Thickness	300 m (980 ft)
Lithology
Primary	Sandstone
Other	Mudstone, siltstone, conglomerate
Location
Coordinates	17°30′S 122°06′E / 17.5°S 122.1°E / -17.5; 122.1Coordinates: 17°30′S 122°06′E / 17.5°S 122.1°E / -17.5; 122.1
Approximate paleocoordinates	50°30′S 86°54′E / 50.5°S 86.9°E / -50.5; 86.9
Region	Western Australia
Country	Australia
Extent	Carnarvon Basin
Broome Sandstone (Australia)

The Broome Sandstone is an Early Cretaceous geologic formation found in Western Australia, and formerly considered part of . Fossil sauropod tracks, belonging to an unknown ichnotaxon, and stegosaur tracks belonging to the ichnogenus and species have been reported from the formation.^[1][2][3]

See also[]

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
  • List of stratigraphic units with ornithischian tracks
    • Stegosaur tracks

References[]

Bibliography[]

• 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

Further reading[]

• S. W. Salisbury, A. Romilio, M. C. Herne, R. T. Tucker, and J. P. Nair. 2016. The Dinosaurian Ichnofauna of the Lower Cretaceous (Valanginian–Barremian) Broome Sandstone of the Walmadany Area (James Price Point), Dampier Peninsula, Western Australia. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Memoir 16. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 36(6, suppl.):1-152