Mackunda Formation

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The Mackunda Formation 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] It consists primarily of interbedded and cross bedded greensand, with variably calcareous shale, with local ferricrete.[2]

Vertebrate paleofauna

Archosaurs
Genus Species Presence Materials Notes Images
Ctenochasmatoidea[3] Indeterminate Queensland, Australia.[3]
Iguanodontidae[4] Indeterminate Queensland, Australia.[4]
Muttaburrasaurus[1] M. langdoni Queensland, Australia.[1] "Skull and postcrania, fragmentary skeleton."[5] An iguanodontian hadrosaur.
File:Muttaburrasaurus-Dinosaur-skeleton.jpg

See also

References

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  1. a b c 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. Template:ISBN.
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