Mackunda Formation
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The Mackunda Formation is a geological formation in Queensland, 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.
Vertebrate paleofauna
| 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 (including birds) of the Mackunda Formation |
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Muttaburrasaurus Muttaburrasaurus Muttaburrasaurus is a genus of herbivorous ornithopod dinosaur, living in what is now northeastern Australia between 100 and 98 million years ago during the early Cretaceous Period. It has been recovered in some analyses as a member of the iguanodontian family Rhabdodontidae... |
M. langdoni |
Geographically present in Queensland, Australia. |
"Skull and postcrania, fragmentary skeleton." |
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