PBDB Collection

Haystall Cave (Pleistocene of Australia)

Also known as 5U23

Where: South Australia, Australia (37.0° S, 140.9° E: paleocoordinates 37.7° S, 140.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; poorly lithified, silty, sandy siliciclastic sediments

• karstic cave in Oligocene to Miocene limestones

•“slope and fan of a large sediment cone” (Reed & Bourne, 2000)

• not reported but probably quite similar to the “cave earth” in the Henschke and Vicotria caves

Size class: mesofossils

Collected by W. Rouse, M. R. Wallis, N. Pledge, N. Callen in the 1960s

• South Australian Museum (SAM)

Primary reference: G. J. Prideaux. 2004. Systematics and evolution of the sthenurine kangaroos. In S. W. Awramik, A. Barnosky, J. A. Doyle, M. L. Droser, P. M. Sadler (eds.), UC Publications in Geological Sciences, University of California Press 146:1-623 [G. Prideaux/G. Gully/T. Liebrecht]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 136159: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Albert Garcia Selles on 20.11.2012, edited by Torsten Liebrecht

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
Squamata - Madtsoiidae	Wonambi naracoortensis Wonambi naracoortensis Smith 1976 snake
Squamata - Scincidae	Tiliqua nigrolutea Tiliqua nigrolutea skink
Mammalia
Peramelemorphia - Peramelidae	Isoodon obesulus, Perameles gunnii Isoodon obesulus Shaw 1797 short-nosed bandicoot Perameles gunnii Gray 1838 eastern barred bandicoot
Diprotodontia - Phascolarctidae	Phascolarctos sp. Phascolarctos sp. de Blainville 1816 koala
Diprotodontia - Diprotodontidae	Zygomaturus trilobus Zygomaturus trilobus Macleay 1857 diprotodont marsupial
Diprotodontia - Vombatidae	Vombatus ursinus Vombatus ursinus Shaw 1800 common wombat
Diprotodontia - Thylacoleonidae	Thylacoleo carnifex Thylacoleo carnifex Owen 1859 diprotodont marsupial
Diprotodontia - Burramyidae	Cercartetus nanus Cercartetus nanus Desmarest 1818 eastern pygmy possum
Diprotodontia -	Procoptodon gilli, Procoptodon browneorum, Simosthenurus occidentalis, Simosthenurus maddocki, Metasthenurus newtonae Procoptodon gilli Merriless 1965 short-faced kangaroo Procoptodon browneorum Merriless 1968 short-faced kangaroo Simosthenurus occidentalis Glauert 1910 short-faced kangaroo Simosthenurus maddocki Wells and Murray 1979 short-faced kangaroo Metasthenurus newtonae Prideaux 2000 short-faced kangaroo
Diprotodontia - Potoroidae	Bettongia gaimardi, Potorous platyops, Potorous tridactylus, Aepyprymnus rufescens Bettongia gaimardi bettong Potorous platyops Gould 1844 potoroo Potorous tridactylus Kerr 1792 long-nosed potoroo Aepyprymnus rufescens Gray 1837 rufous rat-kangaroo
Diprotodontia - Pseudocheiridae	Pseudocheirus peregrinus Pseudocheirus peregrinus Boddaert 1785 common ringtail possum
Diprotodontia - Macropodidae	"Macropus giganteus" = Macropus (Macropus) giganteus, "Procoptodon goliah" = Macropus goliah, Macropus rufogriseus, Wallabia bicolor "Macropus giganteus" = Macropus (Macropus) giganteus Shaw 1790 eastern grey kangaroo "Procoptodon goliah" = Macropus goliah Owen 1874 kangaroo Macropus rufogriseus Desmarest 1817 kangaroo Wallabia bicolor Desmarest 1804 swamp wallaby
Dasyuromorphia - Thylacinidae	Thylacinus cynocephalus Thylacinus cynocephalus Harris 1808 thylacine
Dasyuromorphia - Dasyuridae	Antechinus sp., Dasyurus viverrinus, Sarcophilus liniarius Antechinus sp. Macleay 1841 antechinus Dasyurus viverrinus Shaw 1800 eastern quoll Sarcophilus liniarius Tasmanian devil
Rodentia - Muridae	Rattus lutreolus, Mastacomys fuscus Rattus lutreolus rat Mastacomys fuscus broad-toothed rat
Monotremata - Tachyglossidae	Tachyglossus aculeatus Tachyglossus aculeatus Shaw 1792 short-beaked echidna