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The Broome Sandstone, formerly known as the Broome Beds, is an Early Cretaceous geologic
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, and formerly considered part of Dampier Group. Fossil sauropod tracks, belonging to an unknown ichnotaxon, and stegosaur tracks belonging to the ichnogenus and species '' Garbina roeorum'' have been reported from the formation.Weishampel, ''et al''. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.Yanijarri-Lurujarri
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See also

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List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations This list of dinosaur-bearing rock formations is a list of geologic formations in which dinosaur fossils have been documented. Containing body fossils * List of stratigraphic units with dinosaur body fossils ** List of stratigraphic units with ...
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List of stratigraphic units with ornithischian tracks Indeterminate or unspecified ornithischian tracks Ceratopsians Ornithopods Thyreophorans Ankylosaurs Stegosaurs See also List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations This list of dinosaur-bearing rock formations is a list of geologic f ...
*** Stegosaur tracks


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Bibliography

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Further reading

* S. W. Salisbury, A. Romilio, M. C. Herne, R. T. Tucker, and J. P. Nair. 2016. The Dinosaurian Ichnofauna of the Lower Cretaceous (Valanginian–Barremian) Broome Sandstone of the Walmadany Area (James Price Point), Dampier Peninsula, Western Australia. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Memoir 16. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 36(6, suppl.):1-152 Geologic formations of Australia Cretaceous System of Australia Early Cretaceous Australia Barremian Stage Valanginian Stage Sandstone formations Deltaic deposits Lagoonal deposits Ichnofossiliferous formations Fossiliferous stratigraphic units of Oceania Paleontology in Australia Geology of Western Australia Kimberley (Western Australia)