Bungil Formation

Bungil Formation
Stratigraphic range: Valanginian-Aptian ~
Type	Geological formation
Unit of	Blythesdale Group
Sub-units	Claravale Sandstone, Kingull, Minmi & Nullawurt Sandstone Members
Underlies	Wallumbilla Formation
Overlies	Mooga Sandstone
Thickness	Up to 269 m (883 ft)
Lithology
Primary	Siltstone, mudstone
Other	Sandstone, coal
Location
Coordinates	26°38′31.50″S 148°48′36.18″E
Approximate paleocoordinates	71.0°S 122.9°E / -71.0; 122.9
Region	Queensland
Country	Australia
Extent	Surat Basin
Bungil Formation (Australia)

The Bungil Formation is a geological formation in Australia whose strata date back to the Early Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.

Vertebrate paleofauna

Color key Taxon Reclassified taxon Taxon falsely reported as present Dubious taxon or junior synonym Ichnotaxon Ootaxon Morphotaxon		Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; crossed out taxa are discredited.

Dinosaurs

Ornithischians

Ornithischians of the Bungil Formation
Genus	Species	Location	Stratigraphic position	Material	Notes	Image
Minmi	M. paravertebra	Queensland, Australia	Aptian to Albian	"Fragmentary postcranial skeleton [and] osteoderms."	A parankylosaur

See also

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
• South Polar region of the Cretaceous

References

Bibliography

• Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; Osmólska, Halszka (2004), The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, Berkeley: University of California Press, pp. 1–880, ISBN 0-520-24209-2, retrieved 2019-02-21{{citation}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)