Knocklofty Formation

The Knocklofty Formation is an Early Triassic geologic formation from southern Tasmania, Australia, belonging to the Induan stage.^[1] It was deposited in a terrestrial, freshwater environment, and is primarily composed of shale and sandstone.^[2]

Knocklofty Formation
Stratigraphic range: Early Triassic, Induan PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Type	Geological formation
Lithology
Primary	Mudstone, siltstone, sandstone
Other	Conglomerate
Location
Coordinates	42.9°S 147.3°E / -42.9; 147.3
Approximate paleocoordinates	82.4°S 61.3°E / -82.4; 61.3
Region	Tasmania
Country	Australia
Type section
Year defined	1966
Knocklofty Formation (Tasmania)

List of known fossil taxa

Tetrapods

• Banksiops townrowi^[3]
• Chomatobatrachus halei^[3]
• Deltasaurus kimberleyensis^[3]
• Derwentia warreni^[3]
• Rotaurisaurus contundo^[3]
• Tasmaniosaurus triassicus^[3]
• Watsonisuchus sp.^[3]

Fish

• Ceratodus sp.^[4]
• Saurichthys sp.^[4]
• Cleithrolepis sp.^[4]
• Acrolepis tasmanicus