Toolebuc Formation

Toolebuc Formation
Stratigraphic range: Albian
TypeGeological formation
Unit ofRolling Downs Group
UnderliesAllaru Formation
OverliesWallumbilla Formation
ThicknessUp to 65 m (213 ft)
Lithology
PrimaryLimestone, mudstone
OtherShale
Location
Coordinates20°24′S 144°24′E / 20.4°S 144.4°E / -20.4; 144.4
Approximate paleocoordinates52°42′S 132°30′E / 52.7°S 132.5°E / -52.7; 132.5
RegionQueensland
Country Australia
ExtentEromanga Basin
Toolebuc Formation is located in Australia
Toolebuc Formation
Toolebuc Formation (Australia)

The Toolebuc Formation is a geological formation that extends from Queensland across South Australia and the Northern Territory in Australia, whose strata date back to the Albian stage of the Early Cretaceous. Dinosaurs,[1] pterosaurs, plesiosaurs, ichthyosaurs, protostegid turtles, sharks, chimaeroids and bony fish remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.

  1. ^ Weishampel et al., 2004, pp.573-574