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Marree Subgroup

Marree Subgroup

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The Marree Subgroup, previously described as Maree Formation and Marree Formation, is a geological subgroup in the Eromanga Basin of South Australia whose strata date back to the Aptian. The subgroup was first described as a formation by Forbes in 1966.[2][3] Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[1]

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An opalised plesiosaur specimen of the genus Umoonasaurus has been nicknamed 'Eric' and was described in 1998 by Schroeder.[4] The decapod crab Dioratiopus salebrosus was described in 1980.[5]

Vertebrate paleofauna

Indeterminate theropod remains present in Western Australia.[1]

Dinosaurs

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Sauropterygians

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References

  1. [1]
    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. [2]
    1988 - Tanh Van Doan - Sedimentology and mineralogy of some Jurassic-Cretaceous sediments of the southern Eromanga Basin - MSc. thesis
  3. [3]
    "Marree Subgroup". Australian Stratigraphic Units Database. Geoscience Australia and Australian Stratigraphy Commission. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
  4. [4]
    1999 - Recent developments in Australasian sauropterygian palaeontology (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) - Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement No. 57: 201-205
  5. [5]
    Wooldridge Creek, Alberga River at Fossilworks.org
  6. [6]
    "Table 4.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 76.
  7. [7]
    Kear; Schroeder; Lee, Benjamin P; Natalie I; Michael S. Y (2006). "An archaic crested plesiosaur in opal from the Lower Cretaceous high-latitude deposits of Australia". Biology Letters. 2 (4): 615–619. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2006.0504. PMC 1833998. PMID 17148303.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

Further reading

  • Schroeder, N. (1998). A review of order Pliosauria, and the description of a new, opalised pliosauroid, from the Early Cretaceous of Coober Pedy, South Australia. M.Sc. thesis, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria
  • M. F. Glaessner. 1980. New Cretaceous and Tertiary crabs (Crustacea: Brachyura) from Australia and New Zealand. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 104(6):171-192
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