Tingamarra/Murgon (was: Re: Dinosaurs survived in Antarctica?)

[Brian Choo <bchoo@bigpond.net.au>]

Yup they're one and the same.

Tingamarra is the name of the property - Murgon is the name of the 
township. Until very recently was considered to be Eocene before clay 
containing fossils from the site was radiometrically dated to at least 
55 million years (Late Paleocene)

see Long, Archer, Flannery & Hand 2002, Prehistoric Mammals of 
Australia & New Guinea.

Cheerio
Brian

On 21/06/2004, at 2:34 PM, K and T Dykes wrote:

> I'm sure this is going to be a stupid question.  The Tingamarra site: 
> would
> I be correct in assuming this is aka Murgon in Queensland, home of a 
> certain
> eutherian named Tingamarra porterorum?  I've got that noted as Lower 
> Eocene,
> though I'll happily accept Paleocene too.
> Cheers
> Trevor