Curramulka cave (Miocene to of Australia)

Also known as phosphate mine

Where: New South Wales, Australia (32.6° S, 148.9° E: paleocoordinates 40.8° S, 147.8° E)

When: Miocene to Miocene (23.0 - 2.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; phosphorite

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. Archer, K. Black, and K. Nettle. 1997. Giant ringtail possums (Marsupialia, Pseudocheiridae) and gained koalas (Phascolarctidae) from the late Cenozoic of Australia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 117:3-15 [M. Uhen/E. Hansen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 183097: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Erik Hansen on 30.11.2016

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Diprotodontia - Potoroidae
Aepyprymnus rufescenes rufous rat-kangaroo
 Diprotodontia - Macropodidae
Onychogalea unguifera Gould 1841 northern nail-tail wallaby
 Diprotodontia - Diprotodontidae
Diprotodon opatum diprotodont marsupial
Cundokoala yorkensis
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