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
editTetrapods
edit- Banksiops townrowi[2]
- Chomatobatrachus halei[2]
- Deltasaurus kimberleyensis[2]
- Derwentia warreni[2]
- Rotaurisaurus contundo[2]
- Tasmaniosaurus triassicus[2]
- Watsonisuchus sp.[2]
Fish
edit- Ceratodus sp.[3]
- Saurichthys sp.[3]
- Cleithrolepis sp.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Australian Stratigraphic Units Database, Geoscience Australia". asud.ga.gov.au. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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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