Broome Sandstone
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
| Broome Sandstone | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Valanginian-Barremian ~ | |
| File:Broome Sandstone.png | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Unit of | Dampier Group |
| Underlies | Melligo Sandstone |
| Overlies | Jarlemai Siltstone (Unconformity), Broome Buchia Beds, Baleine Formation |
| Thickness | 300 m (980 ft) |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone |
| Other | Mudstone, siltstone, conglomerate |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | Lua error in Module:Coordinates at line 489: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. |
| Region | Western Australia |
| Country | Australia |
| Extent | Carnarvon Basin Bedout Sub-basin |
Broome Sandstone (Australia) | |
The Broome Sandstone, formerly known as the Broome Beds, is an Early Cretaceous geologic formation found in Western Australia, and formerly considered part of Dampier Group. Fossil sauropod tracks, belonging to an unknown ichnotaxon, and stegosaur tracks belonging to the ichnogenus and species Garbina roeorum have been reported from the formation since the 1990s.[2][3][4]
See also
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Yanijarri-Lurujarri at Fossilworks.org
Bibliography
[edit | edit source]- Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
Further reading
[edit | edit source]- S. W. Salisbury, A. Romilio, M. C. Herne, R. T. Tucker, and J. P. Nair. 2016. The Dinosaurian Ichnofauna of the Lower Cretaceous (Valanginian–Barremian) Broome Sandstone of the Walmadany Area (James Price Point), Dampier Peninsula, Western Australia. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Memoir 16. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 36(6, suppl.):1-152
Categories:
- Geologic formations of Australia
- Cretaceous System of Australia
- Early Cretaceous Australia
- Barremian Stage
- Valanginian Stage
- Sandstone formations
- Deltaic deposits
- Lagoonal deposits
- Ichnofossiliferous formations
- Fossiliferous stratigraphic units of Oceania
- Paleontology in Australia
- Geology of Western Australia
- Kimberley (Western Australia)