Waikerie, Pliocene (Pliocene of Australia)
Where: South Australia, Australia (34.2° S, 139.9° E: paleocoordinates 37.0° S, 139.2° E)
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When: Loxton Formation, Early/Lower Pliocene (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Primary reference: N. S. Pledge. 1992. First record of fossil sirenians in southern Australia. The Fossil Collector 37:6 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 65160: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 19.09.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• Sunlands Local Fauna
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Mammalia | |
? Dugong sp. Lacépède 1799 dugong |