| Bulldog Shale | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Aptian-Albian ~ | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Unit of | Rolling Downs Group Marree Subgroup |
| Sub-units | Wilpoorinna Breccia Member |
| Underlies | Coorikiana Sandstone |
| Overlies | Cadna-owie Formation |
| Thickness | 200–340 m (660–1,120 ft) |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Mudstone, claystone |
| Other | Shale, limestone, gypsum |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 30°30′S 137°12′E / 30.5°S 137.2°E |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 67°30′S 104°30′E / 67.5°S 104.5°E |
| Region |  South Australia |
| Country |  Australia |
| Extent | Eromanga Basin |
  Bulldog Shale (Australia)  Bulldog Shale (South Australia) | |
The Bulldog Shale is a formation of Early Cretaceous age (Aptian to Albian stages) that forms part of the Marree Subgroup of the Rolling Downs Group, located in the Eromanga Basin of South Australia, Queensland and New South Wales.[1][2]
- ^ Geoscience Australia. "Stratigraphic Unit Details: Bulldog Shale". Australian Stratigraphic Units Database. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
- ^ Kear, Benjamin P.; Schroeder, Natalie I.; Lee, Michael S.Y. (2006). "An archaic crested plesiosaur in opal from the Lower Cretaceous high-latitude deposits of Australia". Biology Letters. 2 (4): 615–619. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2006.0504. PMC 1833998. PMID 17148303.