Colalura Sandstone

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

The Colalura Sandstone is a Middle Jurassic geologic formation. Dinosaur remains have been recovered from the formation.[2]

Paleofauna

  • Ozraptor subotaii - "Distal tibia."[3]
  • Indeterminate sauropod remains - "caudal vertebra"[4]

See also

Footnotes

  1. http://dbforms.ga.gov.au/pls/www/geodx.strat_units.sch_full?wher=stratno=28210
  2. Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution" Pp. 517-607. in Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. ISBN 0-520-24209-2. " Pp. 517-607.
  3. "Table 4.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 77.
  4. http://www.austhrutime.com/australian_dinosaurs.htm

References


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