Where: South Australia, Australia (37.0° S, 140.8° E: paleocoordinates 37.7° S, 140.6° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: cave; poorly lithified claystone
Size class: macrofossils
• A few isolated remains of a juvenile individual were observed at around 24 and 29
•meters.
Primary reference: E. H. Reed. 2006. In Situ Taphonomic Investigation of Pleistocene Large Mammal Bone Deposits from The Ossuaries, Victoria Fossil Cave, Naracoorte, South Australia. Helictite 39(1):5-15 [D. Perez/D. Perez/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 181305: authorized by Daniel Perez, entered by Daniel Perez on 04.09.2016
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Megalibgwilia ramsayi Owen 1884 echidna | |
Zygomaturus trilobus Macleay 1857 diprotodont marsupial | |
Thylacoleo carnifex Owen 1859 diprotodont marsupial | |
Simosthenurus browneorum, Simosthenurus gilli, Simosthenurus occidentalis, Simosthenurus maddocki, Sthenurus andersoni
Simosthenurus browneorum short-faced kangaroo
Simosthenurus gilli short-faced kangaroo
Simosthenurus occidentalis Glauert 1910 short-faced kangaroo
Simosthenurus maddocki Wells and Murray 1979 short-faced kangaroo
Sthenurus andersoni Marcus 1962 short-faced kangaroo | |
Thylacinus cynocephalus Harris 1808 thylacine |