Where: Tasmania, Australia (42.8° S, 147.5° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 82.5° S, 62.1° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Knocklofty Formation, Induan (252.2 - 251.2 Ma)
• Palynology and vertebrate biostratigraphy have been used to argue for an earliest Triassic age for the Knocklofty Formation (Cosgriff 1974; Camp & Banks 1978).
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: "channel"; pebbly, muddy conglomerate
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by JW Cosgriff in the 1960s
• UTGD: Geology Department, University of Tasmania, Hobart.
Primary reference: J. W. Cosgriff. 1974. Lower Triassic Temnospondyli of Tasmania. The Geological Society of America, Special Paper 149:1-134 [R. Butler/R. Butler]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 136591: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 30.11.2012
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
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Ceratodus sp. Agassiz 1838 lungfish | |
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Derwentia warreni Cosgriff 1974 tetrapod UTGD 87783, fragment from anterior part of palatal surface of a skull
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"Blinasaurus townrowi" = Banksiops townrowi
"Blinasaurus townrowi" = Banksiops townrowi Cosgriff 1974 tetrapod Incomplete skull, UTGD 87771; skull fragments, UTGD 85708, 85710, 85741, 85749, 85757, 87772, 87773, 87774, 87775, 87776, and 87807; lower jaw fragments, UTGD 85700, 85701, 85702, 85750, 85766, 85784, 85785, 87805, and 87806; MUZD 1962 and 2094.
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Chomatobatrachus halei Cosgriff 1974 tetrapod Skull fragments, UTGD 85709, 85730, and 87786, complete left lower jaw ramus, UTGD 85704; lower jaw fragments, UTGD 85705, 85706, 85783, 87803, and 87804; MUZD 1962.
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Saurichthys sp. Agassiz 1834 ray-finned fish | |