References
Reference
Murray, Peter F. (1987) Plesiosaurs from Albian aged Bathurst Island Formation Siltstones near Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia; The Beagle, Records of the Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences, 4(1), pp.95-102
Plesiosaurs from Albian aged Bathurst Island Formation Siltstones near Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
Principal Author
Peter F. Murray
Header
Academic paper
Journal
The Beagle, Records of the Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences
Volume
4
Issue
1
Pages
95-102
Abstract
Eroded, fragmentary remains of a large elasmosaurid Plesiosaur extends the range of Australian sauropterygians to the shallow Upper Albian seas of the central north of the continent. The Plesiosaur is associated with abundant ichthyosaur (Platypterygius Von Heune) material which is also briefly described. The elasmosaurid affinity of the specimens is based on the morphology of a cervical vertebra and the large dimensions of the propodials. It resembles but can not be positively identified as Woolungasaurus Persson.
Keywords
Lower Cretaceous, Upper Albian, Plesiosaur, Bathurst Island Formation ,Australian ichthyosaurs, Elasmosauridae
Language
English