Mackunda Formation
Geological formation in Queensland, Australia
title: "Mackunda Formation" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["cretaceous-system-of-australia", "early-cretaceous-australia", "albian-stage", "sandstone-formations", "siltstone-formations", "shale-formations", "marl-formations", "fossiliferous-stratigraphic-units-of-oceania", "paleontology-in-queensland"] description: "Geological formation in Queensland, Australia" topic_path: "science/earth-science" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mackunda_Formation" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Geological formation in Queensland, Australia ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Mackunda Formation |
| type | Geological formation |
| age | Late Albian |
| ~ | |
| period | Albian |
| prilithology | Sandstone, siltstone, shale, marl |
| region | Queensland |
| country | Australia |
| coordinates | |
| paleocoordinates | |
| unitof | Rolling Downs Group |
| underlies | Winton Formation |
| overlies | Allaru Formation |
| thickness | Up to 275 m |
| extent | Eromanga Basin |
| map | {{Location map+ |
| relief | 1 |
| width | 250 |
| float | center |
| lat_deg | -22.734167 |
| lon_deg | 142.141667 |
| mark | Green pog.svg |
| marksize | 12 |
| :: |
| name = Mackunda Formation | type = Geological formation | age = Late Albian ~ | period = Albian | prilithology = Sandstone, siltstone, shale, marl | region = Queensland | country = Australia | coordinates = | paleocoordinates = | unitof = Rolling Downs Group | underlies = Winton Formation | overlies = Allaru Formation | thickness = Up to 275 m | extent = Eromanga Basin | map = {{Location map+ | Australia | relief = 1 | width = 250 | float = center | places = | lat_deg = -22.734167 | lon_deg = 142.141667 | mark = Green pog.svg | marksize = 12
The Mackunda Formation is a geological formation in Queensland, Australia whose strata date back to the Early Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation. It consists primarily of interbedded and cross bedded greensand, with variably calcareous shale, with local ferricrete.
Vertebrate paleofauna
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| Archosaurs | Genus | Species | Presence | Materials | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| last1=Fletcher | first1=T. L. | last2=Salisbury | first2=S. W. | year=2010 | title=New pterosaur fossils from the Early Cretaceous (Albian) of Queensland, Australia | journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |
| last=Bartholomai | first=A. | year=1966 | title=Fossil footprints in Queensland | journal=Australian Natural History | volume=15 | issue=5 |
| Muttaburrasaurus | M. langdoni | Queensland, Australia. | "Skull and postcrania, fragmentary skeleton." | An iguanodontian hadrosaur. | [[File:Muttaburrasaurus-Dinosaur-skeleton.jpg | center |
| :: |
References
References
- 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.
- "Mackunda Formation".
- (2010). "New pterosaur fossils from the Early Cretaceous (Albian) of Queensland, Australia". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.
- Bartholomai, A.. (1966). "Fossil footprints in Queensland". Australian Natural History.
- "Table 19.1," in Weishampel, ''et al.'' (2004). Page 416.
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