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
•“slope and fan of a large sediment cone” (Reed & Bourne, 2000)
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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Wonambi naracoortensis Smith 1976 snake | |
Tiliqua nigrolutea skink | |
Mammalia | |
Isoodon obesulus Shaw 1797 short-nosed bandicoot
Perameles gunnii Gray 1838 eastern barred bandicoot | |
Phascolarctos sp. de Blainville 1816 koala | |
Zygomaturus trilobus Macleay 1857 diprotodont marsupial | |
Vombatus ursinus Shaw 1800 common wombat | |
Thylacoleo carnifex Owen 1859 diprotodont marsupial | |
Cercartetus nanus Desmarest 1818 eastern pygmy possum | |
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 | |
Bettongia gaimardi bettong
Potorous platyops Gould 1844 potoroo
Potorous tridactylus Kerr 1792 long-nosed potoroo
Aepyprymnus rufescens Gray 1837 rufous rat-kangaroo | |
Pseudocheirus peregrinus Boddaert 1785 common ringtail possum | |
"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 | |
Thylacinus cynocephalus Harris 1808 thylacine | |
Antechinus sp. Macleay 1841 antechinus
Dasyurus viverrinus Shaw 1800 eastern quoll
Sarcophilus liniarius Tasmanian devil | |
Rattus lutreolus rat
Mastacomys fuscus broad-toothed rat | |
Tachyglossus aculeatus Shaw 1792 short-beaked echidna |