Coordinates: 17°30′S 122°06′E / 17.5°S 122.1°E / -17.5; 122.1

Broome Sandstone

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Broome Sandstone
Stratigraphic range: Valanginian-Barremian
~140–126 Ma
File:Broome Sandstone.png
Part of a sauropod trackway in the Broome Sandstone. Photographed around 2012.[1]
TypeGeological formation
Unit ofDampier Group
UnderliesMelligo Sandstone
OverliesJarlemai Siltstone (Unconformity), Broome Buchia Beds, Baleine Formation
Thickness300 m (980 ft)
Lithology
PrimarySandstone
OtherMudstone, siltstone, conglomerate
Location
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RegionWestern Australia
CountryAustralia
ExtentCarnarvon Basin
 Bedout Sub-basin

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

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References

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  1. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  2. ^ Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
  3. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  4. ^ Yanijarri-Lurujarri at Fossilworks.org

Bibliography

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Further reading

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  • 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