Eumeralla Formation
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The Eumeralla Formation is a geological formation in Victoria, Australia whose strata date back to the Early Cretaceous
. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.
Early Cretaceous
The Early Cretaceous or the Lower Cretaceous , is the earlier or lower of the two major divisions of the Cretaceous...
. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.
Dinosaurs
Indeterminate dinosaur tracks as well as indeterminate ornithischian tracks are present in Victoria, Australia. Indeterminate euornithopod remains present in Victoria, Australia. Indeterminate theropod, ornithomimmosaur, and possible indeterminate oviraptorosaur and dromaeosaurid remains present in Victoria, Australia.Dinosaur Dinosaur Dinosaurs are a diverse group of animals of the clade and superorder Dinosauria. They were the dominant terrestrial vertebrates for over 160 million years, from the late Triassic period until the end of the Cretaceous , when the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event led to the extinction of... s of the Eumeralla Formation |
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Genus | Species | Presence | Notes | Images |
Atlascopcosaurus Atlascopcosaurus Atlascopcosaurus is a genus of herbivorous basal euornithopod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of the present Australia.... |
A. loadsi |
Geographically present in Victoria, Australia. |
"Maxilla [and] teeth." |
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Leaellynasaura Leaellynasaura Leaellynasaura is a genus of small herbivorous ornithischian dinosaur from the Albian stage of the Early Cretaceous, first discovered in Dinosaur Cove, Australia. The type species is Leaellynasaura amicagraphica... |
L. amicagraphica |
Geographically present in Victoria, Australia. |
"Skull fragments teeth, [and] isolated postcrania." |
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Timimus Timimus Timimus is a genus of small coelurosaurian theropod dinosaur, which was originally identified as an ornithomimosaur, from the Early Cretaceous of Australia.-Discovery and species:... |
T. hermani |
Geographically present in Victoria, Australia. |
Later determined to be indeterminate ornithomimmosaur remains. "Tibiae [and] vertebrae." |
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