Spring Creek Locality (Pleistocene of Australia)
Where: Victoria, Australia (38.0° S, 142.3° E: paleocoordinates 38.0° S, 142.2° E)
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: lacustrine; unlithified, phosphatic gravel
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils
Primary reference: T. Flannery and B. Gott. 1984. The Spring Creek locality, southwestern Victoria, a late surviving megafaunal assemblage. The Australian Zoologist 21(4):385-422 [M. Uhen/N. Visalden]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 182001: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Nicholas Visalden on 09.10.2016
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Aves | |
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Tribonyx mortierii Du Bus de Gisignies 1840 Tasmanian nativehen | |
| Mammalia | |
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"Muridae" indet. Illiger 1811 mouse | |
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"Sarcophilus" indet. Cuvier 1837 Tasmanian devil | |
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Diprotodon sp. Owen 1838 diprotodont marsupial
Zygomaturus trilobus Macleay 1857 diprotodont marsupial | |
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Palorchestes azael Owen 1874 diprotodont marsupial | |
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Thylacoleo carnifex Owen 1859 diprotodont marsupial | |
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Sthenurus andersoni Marcus 1962 short-faced kangaroo
Simosthenurus gilli short-faced kangaroo
Simosthenurus cf. occidentalis Glauert 1910 short-faced kangaroo | |
Protemnodon cf. anak, Protemnodon cf. brehus, "Macropus rufus" = Macropus (Osphranter) rufus, "Macropus giganteus" = Macropus (Macropus) giganteus, "Macropus agilis" = Macropus (Notamacropus) agilis
Protemnodon cf. anak Owen 1874 kangaroo
Protemnodon cf. brehus Owen 1874 kangaroo
"Macropus rufus" = Macropus (Osphranter) rufus Desmarest 1822 red kangaroo
"Macropus giganteus" = Macropus (Macropus) giganteus Shaw 1790 eastern grey kangaroo subspecies titan
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