The Allaru Formation, also known as the Allaru Mudstone, is a geological formation in Queensland, Australia, whose strata date back to the Early Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.Weishampel et al., 2004, pp.573-574

Fossil content Possible indeterminate ankylosaur remains are present in Queensland. Indeterminate ornithopod remains are present in Queensland.

Archosaurs

Dinosaurs Dinosaurs of the Allaru FormationGenusSpeciesLocationStratigraphic positionMaterialNotesImage Austrosaurus A. mckillopi Queensland, Australia Albian Dorsal vertebrae and possible incomplete limb remains from several individuals A somphospondylan sauropod KunbarrasaurusLeahey et al., 2015 K. ieversi Queensland, Australia Albian A parankylosaur ?Muttaburrasaurus ?M. sp. Queensland, Australia Albian A large ornithopod

Reptiles Reptiles of the Allaru FormationGenusSpeciesLocationStratigraphic positionMaterialNotesImageElasmosauridae indet. Indeterminate Albian Specimen number QMF2100, an articulated torso. Stomach cavity contains crustacean and fish remains as well as ~135 gastroliths.NotocheloneN. costata Albian Platypterygius P. australis (=longmani) Albian

Fish Fishes of the Allaru FormationGenusSpeciesLocationStratigraphic positionMaterialNotesImage Cooyoo C. australis Queensland, Australia Albian FlindersichthysF. denmeadi Albian Pachyrhizodus P. marathonensis Albian Two species known from both this and the Toolebuc Formation P. grawiRichmondichthysR. sweeti AlbianAn aspidorhynchid also found in the Toolebuc Formation

Invertebrates Invertebrates of the Allaru FormationGenusSpeciesLocationStratigraphic positionMaterialNotesImage Eromangateuthis E. soniae Queensland, Australia Albian "Gladius" Goodhallites G. goodhalli AlbianInoceramusI. sutherlandiQueensland , Australia Albian Mckenziephyllia M. accordensis Albian Torynommidae Torynomma quadrataIlfracombe, Queensland Australia Albian Homolidae Lignihomola etheridgeiIlfracombe, Queensland Australia Albian

See also List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations Winton Formation Paja Formation, contemporaneous Lagerstätte in Colombia Sierra Madre Formation, contemporaneous fossiliferous formation of Mexico Santana Group, contemporaneous Lagerstätte in northeastern Brazil Crato Formation Romualdo Formation South Polar region of the Cretaceous

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