Knocklofty Formation Explained

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

Tetrapods

• Banksiops townrowi
• Chomatobatrachus halei
• Deltasaurus kimberleyensis
• Derwentia warreni
• Rotaurisaurus contundo
• Tasmaniosaurus triassicus
• Watsonisuchus sp.^[2]

Fish

• Ceratodus sp.^[3]
• Saurichthys sp.
• Cleithrolepis sp.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Australian Stratigraphic Units Database, Geoscience Australia. 2021-01-16. asud.ga.gov.au.
2. Book: Cosgriff, J.. January 1, 1974. Lower Triassic Temnospondyli of Tasmania. Geological Society of America Special Papers . 149. 1–134. 10.1130/SPE149-p1. 0-8137-2149-0.
3. Dziewa. Thamas. J.. 1980. Early Triassic Osteichythyans from the Knocklofty Formation of Tasmania. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania. 114. 145–160. 10.26749/rstpp.114.145 .