Broome Sandstone
Broome Sandstone Stratigraphic range: Valanginian-Barremian ~ | |
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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°ECoordinates: 17°30′S 122°06′E / 17.5°S 122.1°E |
Approximate paleocoordinates | 50°30′S 86°54′E / 50.5°S 86.9°E |
Region | Western Australia |
Country | ![]() |
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
- List of stratigraphic units with ornithischian tracks
References[]
- ^ Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
- ^ "Broome Sandstone". Australian Stratigraphic Units Database. Geoscience Australia and Australian Stratigraphy Commission. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
- ^ Yanijarri-Lurujarri at Fossilworks.org
Bibliography[]
- The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, 1–880. Berkeley: University of California Press. Accessed 2019-02-21. ISBN 0-520-24209-2 ; , and . 2004.
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
Categories:
- Geologic formations of Australia
- Cretaceous System of Australia
- Early Cretaceous Australia
- Barremian Stage
- Valanginian Stage
- Sandstone formations
- Deltaic deposits
- Lagoonal deposits
- Ichnofossiliferous formations
- Fossiliferous stratigraphic units of Oceania
- Paleontology in Australia
- Geology of Western Australia
- Kimberley (Western Australia)