Colalura Sandstone

Colalura Sandstone
Stratigraphic range: Middle Bajocian[1]
Type Geological formation
Underlies Bringo Shale,[1] Champion Bay Group
Overlies Kojarena Sandstone[2]
Location
Region Western Australia
Country Australia

The Colalura Sandstone is a Middle Jurassic geologic formation. Dinosaur remains have been recovered from the formation.[3]

Vertebrate paleofauna

Few remains of the sandstone have been assigned to a genus. Unassigned remains include rare reptilian bones such as an isolated plesiosaur vertebra and paddle.[1]

Vertebrates of the Colalura Sandstone
Genus Species Location Stratigraphic Position Material Notes Images

Ozraptor[1][3][4]

O. subotaii[1][3][4]

Western Australia[1][3][4]

Colalura Sandstone[1][3][4]

The distal end of a tibia.[1][3]

The single bone is of a questionable theropod identity.[4]

Plant remains

Petrified wood is very common in the Colalura Sandstone.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Long, J.A.; Molnar, R.E. (1998). "A new Jurassic theropod dinosaur from Western Australia" (PDF). Records of the Western Australian Museum 19: 121–129.
  2. ↑ http://dbforms.ga.gov.au/pls/www/geodx.strat_units.sch_full?wher=stratno=28210
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; Osmólska, Halszka (eds.). The Dinosauria (Second Ed.). University of California Press. pp. 1–861. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Rahut, O.W.M. (2005). "Osteology and Relationships of a New Theropod Dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic of Patagonia" (PDF). Palaeontology 48 (1): 87–110. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2004.00436.x.
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