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

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