2022/10/02 by Thomas H. Rich, Melissa Lowery, Michael A Hall +7 · 1 citation
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · #Evolution and Paleontology Studies #Ichthyology and Marine Biology #Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology
paper · doi:10.1080/03115518.2022.2119600
openalex publication_date 2022/10/02 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29
Mesozoic mammals from the polar regions of Australian Gondwana are exceptionally rare. The recovery of a partial jaw attributable to the australosphenid Ausktribosphenos nyktos from a new locality along the Bass Coast of Victoria is, therefore, significant because it comes from an uppermost Barremian to lowermost Aptian grit with abundant plant material that differs lithologically from other previously productive laminated sandstone deposits. We interpret this as evidence for a floodplain habitat that was distant from local water bodies. The identification of a new Cretaceous mammal locality in Australia highlights the exciting prospects for future fossil discoveries.Thomas H. Rich [[email protected]] Museums Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, 3001, PO Box 666,AustraliaMelissa L. Lowery [[email protected]] 82 Williams Street, Inverloch, Victoria, 3996, AustraliaMichael Hall [[email protected]] School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment, Monash University, Victoria, 3800, AustraliaLesley Kool [[email protected]] Museums Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, 3001, Australia PO Box 666; School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment, Monash University, Victoria, 3800, AustraliaJoseph Bevitt [[email protected]] Australian Centre for Neutron Scattering, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Lucas Heights, Nsw, 2234, AustraliaMatt White [[email protected]] University of New England, Armidale, Nsw, 2350, AustraliaPatricia Vickers-Rich [[email protected], [email protected]] School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment, Monash University, Victoria, 3800, Australia; Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Swinburne University of Science and Technology, Hawthorn, Victoria, 3122, Australia.