Wallumbilla Formation
| Wallumbilla Formation | |
|---|---|
| Type | Geological formation |
| Thickness | 600 metres |
| Location | |
| Region |
 Queensland |
| Country |
 Australia |
The Wallumbilla Formation is a Lower Cretaceous geologic formation found in Australia. Plesiosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from its strata.
The formation is present in the Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, and New South Wales. It is a sedimentary unit, principally made up of mudstone and siltstone, with calcareous concretions. Its maximum thickness is 600 metres. Its age is somewhere from Aptian to Albian, that is between 113 and 98 Mya. The formation is part of the Wilgunya Sibgroup, which in turn is part of the Rolling Downs Group of the Eromanga and Surat Basins. The named beds are: Coreena, Doncaster, Jones Vally, Ranmoor, and Trimble Members.[1]
Paleofauna
| Placeholders of the Placeholder Formation | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Abundance | Notes | Images |
| Notopala Cotton, 1935 | † Notopala albascopularis (Etheridge, 1902) | White Cliffs, New South Wales | the oldest freshwater snail in Australia[2] | |||
See also
References
- ↑ Geoscience Australia: Stratigraphic Units Database
- ↑ Kear B. P., Hamilton-Bruce R. J., Smith B. J. & Gowlett-Holmes K. L. (2003). "Reassessment of Australia's oldest freshwater snail, Viviparus (?) albascopularis Etheridge, 1902 (Mollusca : Gastropoda : Viviparidae), from the Lower Cretaceous (Aptian, Wallumbilla Formation) of White Cliffs, New South Wales". Molluscan Research 23(2): 149-158. doi:10.1071/MR03003, PDF.
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