Australian Portland Cement Limited (Pliocene of Australia)

Where: Victoria, Australia (38.1° S, 144.3° E: paleocoordinates 40.2° S, 143.9° E)

When: Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: trace

Primary reference: M. J. Whitelaw. 1989. Magnetic Polarity Stratigraphy and Mammalian Fauna of the Late Pliocene (Early Matuyama) Section at Batesford (Victoria), Australia. Journal of Geology 97(5):624-631 [M. Uhen/K. Williams]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 182150: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Kirk Williams on 11.10.2016, edited by Carlos Peredo

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
Mammalia
 Marsupialia - Dasyuridae
Antechinus sp. Macleay 1841 antechinus
Dasyurus sp. Geoffroy 1796 quoll
 Marsupialia - Peramelidae
Perameles sp., "Isodon sp." = Isoodon
Perameles sp. Geoffroy 1804 long-nosed bandicoot
"Isodon sp." = Isoodon Desmarest 1817 short-nosed bandicoot
 Marsupialia - Diprotodontidae
Zygomaturus sp. Owen 1858 diprotodont marsupial
 Marsupialia - Vombatidae
Phascolonus sp. Owen 1872 wombat
 Marsupialia - Macropodidae
Macropus sp. Shaw 1790 kangaroo
"Macropus cf. giganteus" = Macropus (Macropus) giganteus Shaw 1790 eastern grey kangaroo
Wallabia sp. Trouessart 1905 swamp wallaby
Wallabia cf. bicolor Desmarest 1804 swamp wallaby
Protemnodon sp. Owen 1874 kangaroo
Protemnodon cf. anak Owen 1874 kangaroo
 Marsupialia - Pseudocheiridae
Pseudocheirus sp. Ogilby 1837 ring-tailed possum
 Marsupialia - Phalangeridae
Phalanger sp. Storr 1780 cuscus
 Marsupialia -
Sthenurus sp. Owen 1874 short-faced kangaroo
 Rodentia -
Pseudomys sp. Gray 1832 Australian mouse
Reptilia
 Squamata -
Squamata indet. squamates
Aves
  -
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird
Amphibia
 Salientia -
Osteichthyes
 Teleosti -
"Teleosti indet." = Teleostei
"Teleosti indet." = Teleostei Müller 1846 ray-finned fish