Mutdapilly fossil locality

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The Mutdapilly fossil locality is a fossil site in the geological formation Walloon Coal Measures of Queensland, Australia. It contains fossilized impressions of flora dating back to the Middle Jurassic. [1] [2] [3]

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References

  1. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  2. "Mutdapilly fossil locality". Mindat. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  3. Mcloughlin, Stephen; Drinnan, Andrew (March 1995). "A Middle Jurassic flora from the Walloon Coal Measures, Mutdapilly, Queensland, Australia". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 38 (1): 257–272.

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