File:Muttaburrasaurus locality.png
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Maps and photographs of geological and locality features relevant to the collection of the Muttaburrasaurus langdoni holotype (QMF6140). (A) Map of eastern mainland Australia showing the position of the holotype locality (QML1794) near the Muttaburra township (red star), surface exposures of the Mackunda Formation (dark blue colour; taken from (Exon & Senior, 1976); Queensland Globe State Surface Geology: https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/; Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence), extent of the Eromanga Basin (olive green shading; taken from Exon & Senior, 1976) and mid-Cretaceous extent of the Eromanga Sea (adapted from from Dettmann et al., 1992). (B) Photograph of the holotype locality in 1963 looking east, showing scattered fossil-bearing concretions during collection (with permission Queensland Museum: photographer, A. Bartholomai). (C) Drone image and map overlay of the holotype locality (2020), showing distribution of fossil bone fragments on the vertosol surface within NE, SE, SW and NW sectors (red, green, yellow, blue dots with field numbers, respectively) divided by red lines. Drone image in C with permission: C. Rohan. Yellow dashed area in C indicates location of 50 cm deep geo-trench (2022). Abbreviations: EB, Eromanga Basin; NSW, New South Wales; NT, Northern Territory; Qld, Queensland; SA, South Australia; Vic, Victoria. Scale bar in C equals 5 m. |
| Date | 04-09-2026 |
| Source | https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.20794 |
| Author | Matthew C. Herne, Joseph J. Bevitt, Luke Milan, Scott A. Hocknull, Alan M. Tait, Charlotte M. Allen, Andrew C. Rozefelds, Ralph E. Molnar, Vera Weisbecker, and Phil R. Bell |
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