Broome Sandstone

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Broome Sandstone
Stratigraphic range: Valanginian-Barremian
~140–126  Ma
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Part of a sauropod trackway in the Broome Sandstone. Photographed around 2012. [1]
Type Geological formation
Unit of Dampier Group
Underlies Melligo Sandstone
Overlies Jarlemai Siltstone (Unconformity), Broome Buchia Beds, Baleine Formation
Thickness300 m (980 ft)
Lithology
Primary Sandstone
Other Mudstone, siltstone, conglomerate
Location
Coordinates 17°30′S122°06′E / 17.5°S 122.1°E / -17.5; 122.1
Approximate paleocoordinates 50°30′S86°54′E / 50.5°S 86.9°E / -50.5; 86.9
Region Western Australia
CountryAustralia
Extent Carnarvon Basin
  Bedout Sub-basin
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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]

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References

  1. Thulborn, Tony (2012-05-25). "Impact of Sauropod Dinosaurs on Lagoonal Substrates in the Broome Sandstone (Lower Cretaceous), Western Australia". PLOS ONE. 7 (5): e36208. Bibcode:2012PLoSO...736208T. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036208 . ISSN   1932-6203. PMC   3360740 . PMID   22662116.
  2. Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
  3. "Broome Sandstone". Australian Stratigraphic Units Database. Geoscience Australia and Australian Stratigraphy Commission. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
  4. Yanijarri-Lurujarri at Fossilworks.org

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