Toolebuc

44 occ. 25 taxa (3 genera) 1 countries

Description

The Toolebuc Formation is a geological formation that extends from Queensland across South Australia and the Northern Territory in Australia, whose strata date back to the Albian stage of the Early Cretaceous. Dinosaurs, pterosaurs, plesiosaurs, ichthyosaurs, protostegid turtles, sharks, chimaeroids and bony fish remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.

Genera

3 genera

Anhanguera

Pterosaurs

Valid 2 occ. · 137 Ma

Platypterygius

Marine reptiles

Valid 1 occ. · 162 Ma

Kunbarrasaurus

Dinosaurs

Valid 1 occ. · 106 Ma

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Locality map for Australian eurypodan thyreophoran fossils. 1, Stegosaurian? footprint (QM F5701), Walloon Coal Measures, Balgowan Colliery, Balgowan (Bajocian–Bathonian); 2, Minmi paravertebra holotype (QM F10329) (Molnar, 1980), Minmi Member, Bungil Formation (Valanginian–Barremian); 3, Thyreophoran trackways, Broome Sandstone, Dampier Peninsula, Western Australia (Valanginian–Barremian); 4, Ankylosauria indet. (see Barrett et al., 2010) ‘Flat Rocks’ Wonthaggi Formation (upper Hauterivian–Albian); 5, NMV P216739, ‘Lake Copco–Dinosaur Cove’ Eumeralla Formation (middle upper Aptian to lower middle Albian) (Barrett et al., 2010); 6, QM F33286; 7, AM F119849 and AM F35259; 8, Kunbarrasaurus ieversi gen. et sp. nov. (formerly Minmi sp.) (QM F18101); 9, QM F33565 and QM F33566; 10, QM F44324-28. Legend: Dark Green, Toolebuc Formation (late middle–early late Albian); Green, Allaru Formation (upper Albian–(?)lower Cenomanian); Light green, Mackunda Formation (upper Albian–lower Cenomanian); Lightest green, Winton Formation (late Albian–early Turonian). © Lucy G. Leahey1, Ralph E. Molnar2, Kenneth Carpenter3, Lawrence M. Witmer4, Steven W. Salisbury1 · CC BY 4.0 · Wikipedia

Temporal range

Triassic

Jurassic

Cretaceous

Paleogene

Neogene

252 201 145 66 0 Ma

Geological group / Member

Rolling Downs 39

Wilgunya 1

Top countries

🇦🇺 Australia 44

Depositional environments

Marine indet. 24

Shallow subtidal indet. 5

Terrestrial indet. 4

basinal (carbonate) 3

offshore 3

Carbonate indet. 3

Lagoonal / restricted shallow subtidal 2

Top collectors

I. Ievers 3

P. Gilmore 3

A. Crombie 2

A. Rozefelds 1

B. Kear 1

Jack Tunstall Woods 1

K. Petersen 1

L. Shaw 1

T. Hurley 1

Collection activity by decade

1890s 2

1950s 1

1970s 2

1980s 3

1990s 9

2000s 4

2010s 1

2020s 1