Top Site (Miocene of Australia)

Also known as Bullock Creek

Where: Northern Territory, Australia (17.1° S, 131.5° E: paleocoordinates 26.1° S, 128.2° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Camfield Beds Formation, Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Northern Territory Museum collection

Primary reference: L. R. S. Schwartz and D. Megirian. 2004. A New Species of Nambaroo (Marsupialia; Macropodoidea) from the Miocene Camfield Beds of Northern Australia with Observations on the Phylogeny of the Balbarinae. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 24(3):668-675 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 106503: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 22.03.2011, edited by Albert Garcia Selles, Philip Mannion and Graeme Lloyd

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines - Chelidae
Birlimarr gaffneyi n. gen. n. sp.2
Birlimarr gaffneyi n. gen. n. sp.2 Megirian and Murray 1999 sideneck turtle
NTM P9215-1 - holotype
Mammalia
 Dasyuromorphia - Thylacinidae
Nimbacinus richi n. sp.3 Murray and Megirian 2000 thylacine
 Diprotodontia -
Balbaroo nalima1 Black et al. 2014 diprotodont marsupial
NTM P9464-215; NTM P87110-26
 Diprotodontia - Balbaridae
Nambaroo bullockensis Schwartz and Megirian 2004 diprotodont marsupial
 Diprotodontia - Miralinidae
Barguru kayir n. gen. n. sp.4
Barguru kayir n. gen. n. sp.4 Schwartz 2006 diprotodont marsupial