Knocklofty Formation

{{Short description|Geologic formation in Tasmania, Australia}} {{Infobox rockunit|name=Knocklofty Formation|image=|caption=|type=Geological formation|age=Early Triassic, {{fossilrange|251.9|249.9|Induan}}|period=Early Triassic|prilithology=Mudstone, siltstone, sandstone|otherlithology=Conglomerate|namedfor=|namedby=|year_ts=1966|region=Tasmania|country=Australia|coordinates={{coord|42.9|S|147.3|E|display=inline}}|unitof=|subunits=|underlies=|overlies=|thickness=|extent=|area=|map={{Location map+ | Tasmania | relief = 1 | width = 250 | float = center | places = {{Location map~ | Tasmania | lat_deg = -42.9 | lon_deg = 147.3 | mark = Lightgreen pog.svg | marksize = 10 }} }}|map_caption=|paleocoordinates={{coord|82.4|S|61.3|E|display=inline}}}}{{Use Australian English|date=May 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} The '''Knocklofty Formation''' is an Early Triassic geologic formation from southern Tasmania, Australia, belonging to the Induan stage.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Australian Stratigraphic Units Database, Geoscience Australia|url=https://asud.ga.gov.au/search-stratigraphic-units/results/9681|access-date=2021-01-16|website=asud.ga.gov.au}}</ref> It was deposited in a terrestrial, freshwater environment, and is primarily composed of shale and sandstone.<ref>{{Cite web |title=PBDB |url=https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displaySearchStrataResults?group_formation_member=Knocklofty |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=paleobiodb.org}}</ref>

== List of known fossil taxa ==

=== Tetrapods ===

* ''Banksiops townrowi''''<ref name=":0" />'' * ''Chomatobatrachus halei''''<ref name=":0" />'' * ''Deltasaurus kimberleyensis''''<ref name=":0" />'' * ''Derwentia warreni<ref name=":0" />'' * ''Rotaurisaurus contundo''''<ref name=":0" />'' * ''Tasmaniosaurus triassicus''''<ref name=":0" />'' * ''Watsonisuchus'' sp.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Cosgriff|first=J.|date=January 1, 1974|title=Lower Triassic Temnospondyli of Tasmania|series=Geological Society of America Special Papers |url=https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/books/book/273/Lower-Triassic-Temnospondyli-of-Tasmania |volume=149|pages=1–134|doi=10.1130/SPE149-p1|isbn=0-8137-2149-0|via=}}</ref>

=== Fish ===

* ''Ceratodus'' sp.<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal|last=Dziewa|first=Thamas. J.|date=1980|title=Early Triassic Osteichythyans from the Knocklofty Formation of Tasmania|url=https://eprints.utas.edu.au/14158/1/1980_Dziewa_Early_Triassic.pdf|journal=Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania|volume=114|pages=145–160|doi=10.26749/rstpp.114.145|via=|archive-date=17 March 2016|access-date=18 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160317144056/http://eprints.utas.edu.au/14158/1/1980_Dziewa_Early_Triassic.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> * ''Saurichthys'' sp.<ref name=":1" /> * ''Cleithrolepis'' sp.<ref name=":1" /> * ''Acrolepis tasmanicus''

== References == {{reflist}}

Category:Induan Stage Category:Paleontology in Australia Category:Paleontology in Tasmania

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