Lower Cooper River (Pleistocene of Australia)

Where: South Australia, Australia (28.6° S, 131.1° E: paleocoordinates 28.6° S, 131.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: W. E. Boles. 2010. A Revision of C. W. De Vis’ Fossil Cormorants (Aves: Phalacrocoracidae). Records of the Australian Museum 62:145-155 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 176412: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 11.02.2016

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Aves
 Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
"Baza gracilis n. sp." = Aviceda gracilis
"Baza gracilis n. sp." = Aviceda gracilis De Vis 1905 hawk
 Suliformes - Anhingidae
"Plotus laticeps n. sp." = Anhinga novaehollandiae
"Plotus laticeps n. sp." = Anhinga novaehollandiae Gould 1847 Australasian darter
 Suliformes - Phalacrocoracidae
"Phalacrocorax gregorii n. sp." = Phalacrocorax carbo, "Phalacrocorax vetustus n. sp." = Phalacrocorax varius
"Phalacrocorax gregorii n. sp." = Phalacrocorax carbo Linnaeus 1758 great cormorant
"Phalacrocorax vetustus n. sp." = Phalacrocorax varius Gmelin 1789 pied cormorant
 Pelecaniformes - Pelecanidae
"Pelecanus grandiceps n. sp." = Pelecanus conspicillatus, Pelecanus proavus
"Pelecanus grandiceps n. sp." = Pelecanus conspicillatus Temminck 1824 Australian pelican
Pelecanus proavus De Vis 1892 pelican
 Anseriformes - Anatidae
Archaeocycnus lacustris n. gen. n. sp., "Anas gracilipes n. sp." = Anas castanea, "Nettapus eyrensis n. sp." = Anas castanea
Archaeocycnus lacustris n. gen. n. sp. De Vis 1905 waterfowl
"Anas gracilipes n. sp." = Anas castanea Eyton 1838 chestnut teal
"Nettapus eyrensis n. sp." = Anas castanea Eyton 1838 chestnut teal
 Falconiformes - Falconidae
Asturaetus furcillatus n. gen. n. sp.
Asturaetus furcillatus n. gen. n. sp. De Vis 1905 raptor