Knocklofty Formation

Geologic formation in Tasmania, Australia

The Knocklofty Formation is an Early Triassic geologic formation from southern Tasmania, Australia, belonging to the Induan stage. It is made of Sandstone.[1]

List of known fossil taxa

Tetrapods

  • Banksiops townrowi[2]
  • Chomatobatrachus halei[2]
  • Deltasaurus kimberleyensis[2]
  • Derwentia warreni[2]
  • Rotaurisaurus contundo[2]
  • Tasmaniosaurus triassicus[2]
  • Watsonisuchus sp.[2]

Fish

  • Ceratodus sp.[3]
  • Saurichthys sp.[3]
  • Cleithrolepis sp.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Australian Stratigraphic Units Database, Geoscience Australia". asud.ga.gov.au. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Cosgriff, J. (1 January 1974). Lower Triassic Temnospondyli of Tasmania. Geological Society of America Special Papers. Vol. 149. pp. 1–134. doi:10.1130/SPE149-p1. ISBN 0-8137-2149-0.
  3. ^ a b c Dziewa, Thamas. J. (1980). "Early Triassic Osteichythyans from the Knocklofty Formation of Tasmania" (PDF). Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania. 114: 145–160. doi:10.26749/rstpp.114.145.


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