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Griman Creek

103 occ. 30 taxons (2 genres) 1 pays
Description

The Griman Creek Formation is a geological formation in northern New South Wales and southern Queensland, Australia whose strata date back to the Albian-Cenomanian stages of the mid-Cretaceous. It is most notable being a major source of opal, found near the town of Lightning Ridge, New South Wales. Alongside the opal opalised fossils are also found, including those of dinosaurs and primitive monotremes.

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Genres
2 genres
Fostoria
Dinosaures
Valide 1 occ. · 101 Ma
Timimus
Dinosaures
Valide 1 occ. · 113 Ma
Griman Creek
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(A) Map of Queensland showing the extent of Cretaceous outcrop. (B) Map of the location of Dig Site Three (type locality of Haliskia), and numerous other sites in the area from which pterosaur fossils have been collected. © A. H. Pentland, S. F. Poropat, R. J. Duncan, A. W. A. Kellner, R. A. M. Bantim, J. J. Bevitt, A. M. Tait & K. Grice · CC BY 4.0 · Wikipedia
Plage temporelle
Trias
Jurassique
Crétacé
Paléogène
Néogène
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
Groupe géologique / Membre
Rolling Downs / Wallangulla Sandstone 79
Rolling Downs 19
Wallangulla Sandstone 5
Principaux pays
🇦🇺 Australie 103
Environnements de dépôt
Estuaire / baie 48
Plaine alluviale 29
Terrestre indéterminé 16
Fluvial indéterminé 7
Marin indéterminé 3
Principaux collecteurs
E. Smith 48
E. Long 17
H. Godthelp 10
M. Miltenberg 8
Rob and Debbie Brogan 5
A. Ritchie 4
T. Wollaston 3
B. Kotru 2
Y. Kotru 2
T. Broughan 1
Activité de collecte par décennie
1900s 3
1910s 4
1970s 6
1980s 6
1990s 6