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'''Genus:'''
*[[Australovenator]] <ref name="Hocknull">Hocknull SA, White MA, Tischler TR, Cook AG, Calleja ND, ''et al.'' [[2009]]. New Mid-Cretaceous (Latest Albian) Dinosaurs from the [[Winton Formation]], Queensland, Australia. ''PLoS ONE'' '''4'''(7): e6190. {{DOI|10.1371/journal.pone.0006190}}</ref>
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| {{m to ft|2}} tall and {{m to ft|6}} long lightweight predatory [[Theropod]]<ref name="Fox">{{cite web
| title = Scientists Find Dinosaur That Lived 98M Years Ago in Australia
| work = Associated Press
| publisher = Fox News
| date = July 3, 2009
| url = http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,529937,00.html
| accessdate = 2009-07-03}}
</ref><ref name="BBC">{{cite web
| title = New dinosaurs found in Australia
| publisher = BBC News
| date = July 3, 2009
| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8131915.stm
| accessdate = 2009-07-03}}
</ref><Ref>{{cite web
| title = Triple Fossil Find Puts Australia Back On The Dinosaur Map
| publisher = Science Daily
| date = July 3, 2009
| url =http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090703070846.htm
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*[[Wintonotitan]] <ref name="Hocknull">Hocknull SA, White MA, Tischler TR, Cook AG, Calleja ND, ''et al.'' [[2009]]. New Mid-Cretaceous (Latest Albian) Dinosaurs from the [[Winton Formation]], Queensland, Australia. ''PLoS ONE'' '''4'''(7): e6190. {{DOI|10.1371/journal.pone.0006190}}</ref>
# ''W. wattsi gen. et sp. nov''<ref name="Hocknull"/>
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# Geographically located in Queensland, Australia.<ref name="cretaceousdistribution" />
| Giant, graceful, [[giraffe]] like herbivorous [[sauropod]] about {{ft to m|52}} in length.<ref name="Fox">{{cite web
| title = Scientists Find Dinosaur That Lived 98M Years Ago in Australia
| work = Associated Press
| publisher = Fox News
| date = July 3, 2009
| url = http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,529937,00.html
| accessdate = 2009-07-03}}
</ref><ref name="BBC">{{cite web
| title = New dinosaurs found in Australia
| publisher = BBC News
| date = July 3, 2009
| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8131915.stm
| accessdate = 2009-07-03}}
</ref><Ref>{{cite web
| title = Triple Fossil Find Puts Australia Back On The Dinosaur Map
| publisher = Science Daily
| date = July 3, 2009
| url =http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090703070846.htm
| accessdate = 2009-07-03 }}
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*[[Diamantinasaurus]] <ref name="Hocknull">Hocknull SA, White MA, Tischler TR, Cook AG, Calleja ND, ''et al.'' [[2009]]. New Mid-Cretaceous (Latest Albian) Dinosaurs from the [[Winton Formation]], Queensland, Australia. ''PLoS ONE'' '''4'''(7): e6190. {{DOI|10.1371/journal.pone.0006190}}</ref>
# ''D. matildae Hocknull ''<ref name="Hocknull"/>
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# Geographically located in Queensland, Australia.<ref name="cretaceousdistribution" />
| Giant, stocky [[hippopatamus]] like herbivorous [[sauropod]] about {{ft to m|52}} in length.<ref name="Fox">{{cite web
| title = Scientists Find Dinosaur That Lived 98M Years Ago in Australia
| work = Associated Press
| publisher = Fox News
| date = July 3, 2009
| url = http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,529937,00.html
| accessdate = 2009-07-03}}
</ref><ref name="BBC">{{cite web
| title = New dinosaurs found in Australia
| publisher = BBC News
| date = July 3, 2009
| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8131915.stm
| accessdate = 2009-07-03}}
</ref><Ref>{{cite web
| title = Triple Fossil Find Puts Australia Back On The Dinosaur Map
| publisher = Science Daily
| date = July 3, 2009
| url =http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090703070846.htm
| accessdate = 2009-07-03 }}
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Revision as of 18:58, 3 July 2009

The Winton Formation is a Cretaceous formation in central-western Queensland, Australia. The sauropod dinosaur Austrosaurus is found in the early Cretaceous Winton formation.
This formation is a rock unit that blankets large areas of central-western Queensland. It consists of sedimentary rocks such as sandstone, siltstone and claystone. The sediments that make up these rocks represent the remnants of the river plains that filled the basin left by the Eromanga Sea - an inland sea that covered large parts of Queensland and central Australia at least four times during the Early Cretaceous. Great meandering rivers, forest pools and swamps, creeks, lakes and coastal estuaries, all left behind different types of sediment.
In some areas, the Winton Formation is over 400 metres thick. To bring with them such a huge amount of sediment, the rivers that flowed across these plains must have been comparable in size to the present day Amazon or Mississippi. As more and more sediment was brought in, the margins of the inland sea slowly contracted. By around 95 million years ago, the job was complete and the inland sea would never be seen again.
By virtue of its age and the environmental conditions under which the rocks it consists of were deposited, the Winton Formation represents one of the richest sources of dinosaur fossils anywhere in Australia.

Fauna

It has the same name as a fossil footprint-(ichnite), Wintonopus, found with two other dinosaur species' footprints at the Lark Quarry in Australia, Tyrannosauropus and Skartopus.

Dinosaurs of the Winton Formation
Taxa Presence Description Images

Genus:

  1. A. wintonensis'[1]
  1. Geographically located in Queensland, Australia.[2]
 Template:M to ft tall and Template:M to ft long lightweight predatory Theropod[3][4][5]

Genus:

  1. W. wattsi gen. et sp. nov[1]
  1. Geographically located in Queensland, Australia.[2]
 Giant, graceful, giraffe like herbivorous sauropod about Template:Ft to m in length.[3][4][6]

Genus:

  1. D. matildae Hocknull [1]
  1. Geographically located in Queensland, Australia.[2]
 Giant, stocky hippopatamus like herbivorous sauropod about Template:Ft to m in length.[3][4][7]

Genus:

  1. Austrosaurus sp.[2]
  1. Geographically located in Queensland, Australia.[2]
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Genus:

  1. Tracks.[2]
  1. Geographically located in Queensland, Australia.[2]

Order:

  1. Indeterminate remains.[2]
  1. Geographically located in Queensland, Australia.[2]

Order:

  1. Indeterminate remains.[2]
  1. Geographically located in Queensland, Australia.[2]

Infraorder:

  1. Undescribed genus.[2]
  2. Tracks.[2]
  1. Geographically located in Queensland, Australia.[2]
  2. Geographically located in Queensland, Australia.[2]

Ichnogenus:

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Ichnogenus:

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Suborder:

  1. Tracks.[2]
  1. Geographically located in Queensland, Australia.[2]

Ichnogenus:

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See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Hocknull SA, White MA, Tischler TR, Cook AG, Calleja ND, et al. 2009. New Mid-Cretaceous (Latest Albian) Dinosaurs from the Winton Formation, Queensland, Australia. PLoS ONE 4(7): e6190. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0006190
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Late Cretaceous, Australasia)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 605-606. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
  3. ^ a b c "Scientists Find Dinosaur That Lived 98M Years Ago in Australia". Associated Press. Fox News. July 3, 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-03.
  4. ^ a b c "New dinosaurs found in Australia". BBC News. July 3, 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-03.
  5. ^ "Triple Fossil Find Puts Australia Back On The Dinosaur Map". Science Daily. July 3, 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-03.
  6. ^ "Triple Fossil Find Puts Australia Back On The Dinosaur Map". Science Daily. July 3, 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-03.
  7. ^ "Triple Fossil Find Puts Australia Back On The Dinosaur Map". Science Daily. July 3, 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-03.


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