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Eumeralla Formation

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Eumeralla Formation
Stratigraphic range: Early Albian[1]
TypeGeological 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]

Atlascopcosaurus
Leaellynasaura

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]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o 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.