Madura Cave (Pleistocene of Australia)

Where: Western Australia, Australia (30.0° S, 127.0° E: paleocoordinates 30.7° S, 126.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: mesofossils

Reposited in the FMNH

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 136225: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Albert Garcia Selles on 23.11.2012, edited by Mark Uhen

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Rodentia - Muridae
Leporillus conditor5, Leporillus apicalis5
Leporillus conditor5 Surt 1848 greater stick-nest rat
Leporillus apicalis5 Gould 1853 mouse
 Diprotodontia - Potoroidae
Potorous sp.4, Bettongia sp.4, Bettongia lesueur4, Bettongia penicillata4, Caloprymnus sp.4, Caloprymnus campestris4
Potorous sp.4 Desmarest 1804 potoroo
Bettongia sp.4 Gray 1837 bettong
Bettongia lesueur4 Quoy and Gaimard 1824 bettong
Bettongia penicillata4 Gray 1837 brush-tailed bettong
Caloprymnus sp.4 Thomas 1888 desert rat-kangaroo
Caloprymnus campestris4 Gould 1843 desert rat-kangaroo
 Diprotodontia -
Metasthenurus newtonae
Metasthenurus newtonae Prideaux 2000 short-faced kangaroo
 Diprotodontia - Vombatidae
Vombatidae indet.3, Lasiorhinus cf. latifrons3
Vombatidae indet.3 Burnett 1829 wombat
Lasiorhinus cf. latifrons3 Owen 1845 southern hairy-nosed wombat
 Diprotodontia - Phascolarctidae
Phascolarctos cinereus3
Phascolarctos cinereus3 Goldfuss 1817 koala
 Dasyuromorphia - Dasyuridae
Antechinomys spenceri2, Sminthopsis crassicaudata2, Sminthopsis murina2, Phascogalinae indet.1
Sminthopsis crassicaudata2 Gould 1844 fat-tailed dunnart
Sminthopsis murina2 Waterhouse 1837 Slender-tailed dunnart
Phascogalinae indet.1 Gill 1872 marsupial
1Lundelius and Turnbull 1973; 2Lundelius and Turnbull 1975; 3Lundelius and Turnbull 1982; 4Lundelius and Turnbull 1984; 5Lundelius and Turnbull 1999