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M'Coy and the Australian Ichthyosaur Ichthyosaurus australis (M'Coy, 1867)

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posted on 2001-01-01, 00:00 authored by A Hell
The first Australian ichthyosaur fossils were described by Frederick M'Coy in 1867 from a series of fossil specimens collected by James Sutherland in the Flinders River region, northern Queensland. An initial case of fossils collected was primarily used by M'Coy to provide the first incontrovertible proof of the existence of the Cretaceous System in Australia. Subsequent follow-up work was undertaken and further specimens were collected, including fossiI vertebrae that were named by M 'Coy, lchthyosaurus australis (M'Coy 1867). Despite describing the species as 'the most interesting fossil animal yet found in Australia' his descriptions were brief and limited and have been criticized by a number of later workers.

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M'Coy and the Australian Ichthyosaur Ichthyosaurus australis (M'Coy, 1867)

Journal

The Victorian naturalist

Volume

118

Pagination

294-297

Location

Blackburn, Vic

ISSN

0042-5184

Language

eng

Publication classification

C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

Issue

6

Publisher

Field Naturalists Club of Victoria

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