Eumeralla Formation

Eumeralla Formation
Stratigraphic range: Early Albian[1]
Type Geological formation
Location
Region  Victoria
Country  Australia

The Eumeralla Formation is a geological formation in Victoria, Australia whose strata date back to the Early Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[1]

Dinosaurs

Indeterminate dinosaur tracks as well as indeterminate ornithischian tracks are present in Victoria, Australia.[1] Indeterminate euornithopod remains present in Victoria, Australia.[1] Indeterminate theropod, ornithomimmosaur, and possible indeterminate oviraptorosaur and dromaeosaurid remains present in Victoria, Australia.[1]

Dinosaurs of the Eumeralla Formation
Genus Species Presence Notes Images

Atlascopcosaurus[1]

A. loadsi[1]

Geographically present in Victoria, Australia.[1]

"Maxilla [and] teeth."[2]

Leaellynasaura[1]

L. amicagraphica[1]

Geographically present in Victoria, Australia.[1]

"Skull fragments teeth, [and] isolated postcrania."[3]

Timimus[1]

T. hermani[1]

Geographically present in Victoria, Australia.[1]

Later determined to be indeterminate ornithomimmosaur remains.[1] "Tibiae [and] vertebrae."[4]

Aves indet.[5]

No formal name.

Possibly from a species also found at the Wonthaggi Formation (single furcula).

Footprints belonging to a crane-sized bird, determined to be an ornithurine or enantiornithe.

Megaraptora indet.[6]

No formal name

Known from a hand

Related to the South American Megaraptor.

Baryonychinae indet.[7]

No formal name

Known from a single cervical vertebra.

Related to the European Baryonyx.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 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.
  2. "Table 18.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 394.
  3. "Table 18.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 395.
  4. "Table 6.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 139.
  5. Anthony J. Martin, Patricia Vickers-Rich, Thomas H. Rich and Michael Hall, Oldest known avian footprints from Australia: Eumeralla Formation (Albian), Dinosaur Cove, Victoria, 25 OCT 2013 DOI: 10.1111/pala.12082
  6. Owen, James. "New Dinosaur May Link S. American, Aussie Dinos". National Geographic News. Retrieved July 12, 2016.
  7. Barrett, Paul (June 21, 2011). "First spinosaurid from Australia and the cosmopolitanism of Cretaceous dinosaur faunas". Biology Letters. Retrieved July 12, 2016.


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