Wayne's Wok Site (Miocene to of Australia)

Also known as WW Site, Riversleigh

Where: Queensland, Australia (19.0° S, 138.7° E: paleocoordinates 30.7° S, 134.7° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Faunal Zone B zone, Aquitanian to Aquitanian (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)

• "System B" or Faunal Zone B, respectiveley, is early Miocene based on biochronology

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; limestone

Size class: mesofossils

Collection methods: acetic

• Queensland Museum collection (QMF)

•Michael Archer reference collection (AR), University of New South Wales (possibly serving as temporary registration)

Primary reference: K. K. Roberts, M. Archer, S. J. Hand and H. Godthelp. 2007. New genus and species of extinct Miocene ringtail possums (Marsupialia: Pseudocheiridae). American Museum Novitates 3560:1-15 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 106498: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 21.03.2011, edited by Albert Garcia Selles, Torsten Liebrecht, Mark Uhen and Grace Varnham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Squamata - Madtsoiidae
Wonambi barriei n. sp.6 Scanlon and Lee 2000 snake
9 well-preserved vertebrae, probably from a single indiviual (QMF 23038, holotype, a mid-trunk vertebra; 8 further vertebrae, paratypes, QMF 40194), 1 partial left maxilla (QMF 40193)
Yurlunggur sp.5 Scanlon 1992 snake
1 isolated palatine (AR 11054)
Mammalia
 Notoryctemorphia - Notoryctidae
Naraboryctes philcreaseri1 Archer et al. 2010 marsupial
 Diprotodontia -
Ganawamaya ornata n. sp.3 Cooke 1992 diprotodont marsupial
 Diprotodontia - Macropodidae
Ganguroo bilamina n. gen. n. sp.4 Cooke 1997 kangaroo
Gumardee keari n. sp.7 Travouillon et al. 2022 kangaroo
Holotype: QM F19916. QM F57608; QM F19808, left dentary with p3, m1, m3–4; QM F19811, left dentary with m2–4; QM F19848, left maxilla with dP3, M1; QM F19917, right dentary with p3, m1–4; QM F20003, right dentary with m3; QM F20004, left juvenile maxilla with dP3, P3 out of its crypt, M1; QM F20299, right maxilla with M3; QM F24515, left maxilla with broken M1, M2–4; QM F31595, left maxilla with M3–4; QM F36570, right juvenile dentary with m1; QM F39856, left den- tary with p2, dp3, m1; QM F57548, left juvenile dentary with dp3, m1–2, m4; QM F57609, right dentary with broken i1, p3, m1–3;
Gumardee webbi7 Travouillon et al. 2022 kangaroo
QM F40118, QM F57550; QM F19592, left maxilla with M2–3; QM F19831, left dentary with m1; QM F19933, right juvenile maxilla with P2, dP3, P3 out of its crypt, M1; QM F19989, right maxilla with M1–3; QM F20076, right dentary with m2–3; QM F20079, left dentary with p3, m1–4; QM F20110, right maxilla with M3–4; QM F57596, left P3.
Cookeroo hortusensis2 Butler et al. 2016 kangaroo
 Diprotodontia - Pseudocheiridae
Pildra sp. Woodburne et al. 1987 ringtail possum
species name not given
Marlu sp. Woodburne et al. 1987 ringtail possum
species name not given
Gawinga aranaea Roberts et al. 2007 ringtail possum
Paljara sp. Woodburne et al. 1987 ringtail possum
species name not given