Bungil Formation
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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.
Early Cretaceous
The Early Cretaceous or the Lower Cretaceous , is the earlier or lower of the two major divisions of the Cretaceous...
. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.
Vertebrate paleofauna
| Dinosaur Dinosaur Dinosaurs are a diverse group of animals of the clade and superorder Dinosauria. They were the dominant terrestrial vertebrates for over 160 million years, from the late Triassic period until the end of the Cretaceous , when the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event led to the extinction of... s of the Bungil Formation |
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Minmi Minmi (dinosaur) Minmi, named after Minmi Crossing, Australia , is a genus of small ankylosaurian dinosaur that lived during the early Cretaceous Period, about 119 to 113 million years ago. The type species, M. paravertebra, was described by Ralph Molnar in 1980... |
M. paravertebra |
Geographically present in Queensland, Australia. |
"Fragmentary postcranial skeleton [and] osteoderms." |
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