Molecap Greensand Explained

Molecap Greensand
Type:	Geological formation
Age:	Cenomanian-Santonian ~
Period:	Santonian
Prilithology:	Greensand
Otherlithology:	Sandstone, claystone
Region:	Western Australia
Coordinates:	-31.3°N 115.9°W
Paleocoordinates:	-58.1°N 96.7°W
Unitof:	Coolyena Group
Underlies:	Gingin Chalk
Overlies:	Osborne Formation
Thickness:	Up to 80m (260feet)
Extent:	Perth Basin

The Molecap Greensand is a Late Cretaceous geologic formation, located in the state of Western Australia in Australia.

A proximal pedal phalanx from an indeterminate theropod has been recovered from the formation,^{[1] [2]} alongside a jaw fragment of a pterosaur,^[3] possibly an ornithocheirid.^[4] Fossils of a mosasaur, cf. Platecarpus sp. were also reported from the formation.^[5]

See also

• • List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
• List of stratigraphic units with indeterminate dinosaur fossils
• South Polar region of the Cretaceous

Notes and References

1. Long. John A.. 1995. A theropod dinosaur bone from the Late Cretaceous Molecap Greensand, Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum. 17. 143–146.
2. Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution" Pp. 517-607. in Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. . " Pp. 517-607.
3. Kear. Benjamin P.. Deacon. Geoff L.. Siverson. Mikael. September 2010. Remains of a Late Cretaceous pterosaur from the Molecap Greensand of Western Australia. Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology. 34. 3. 273–279. 10.1080/03115511003661651. 2010Alch...34..273K . 0311-5518.
4. Pentland . Adele H. . Poropat . Stephen F. . White . Matt A. . Rigby . Samantha L. . Bevitt . Joseph J. . Duncan . Ruairidh J. . Sloan . Trish . Elliott . Robert A. . Elliott . Harry A. . Elliott . Judy A. . Elliott . David A. . 2022-03-28 . The osteology of Ferrodraco lentoni, an anhanguerid pterosaur from the mid-Cretaceous of Australia . Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology . 41 . 5 . 10.1080/02724634.2021.2038182 . 0272-4634. free .
5. http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=collectionSearch&collection_no=142716 McIntyre Gully