Nelson Bay Formation (Pleistocene of Australia)
Where: New South Wales, Australia (38.6° S, 141.6° E: paleocoordinates 40.0° S, 141.3° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; silty claystone
• The Nelson Bay Formation is characterized by a series of al-ternating biocalcarenites and silty clays (Boutakoff, 1963) re-flecting changes in climatic conditions from arid to humid re-spectively during a single‘interglacial.’It is divided into lowerand upper members, separated by an erosional unconformity,which are further subdivided into 7 units, labeled A–G (Hann,1983) (see Fig. 1). The silty clays are interpreted as paleosolhorizons, although sections of the main fossiliferous unit B, fromwhich 97% of the specimens have been recovered, may havebeen deposited in a shallow waterhole.
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: K. J. Piper. 2007. Early Pleistocene mammals from the Nelson Baylocal fauna, Portland, Victoria, Australia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27(2):492-503 [M. Uhen/J. Joo]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 182621: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Joshua Joo on 13.11.2016
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Zaglossus sp. Gill 1877 echidna | |
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Mastacomys fuscus broad-toothed rat | |
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Pseudomys higginsi Australian mouse | |
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Antechinus sp. Macleay 1841 antechinus | |
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Thylacinus cynocephalus Harris 1808 thylacine | |
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Simosthenurus occidentalis Glauert 1910 short-faced kangaroo | |
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Darcius duggani Rich 1986 diprotodont marsupial | |
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Phascolarctos stirtoni Bartholomai 1968 koala | |
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Thylacoleo crassidentatus Bartholomai 1962 diprotodont marsupial
Thylacoleo carnifex Owen 1859 diprotodont marsupial
Thylacoleo hilli Pledge 1977 diprotodont marsupial | |
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Palorchestes parvus De Vis 1895 diprotodont marsupial
Palorchestes pickeringi Piper 2006 diprotodont marsupial | |
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Lasiorhinus sp. Gray 1863 hairy-nosed wombat | |
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Zygomaturus sp. Owen 1858 diprotodont marsupial
Diprotodon optatum Owen 1838 diprotodont marsupial | |
"Macropus giganteus" = Macropus (Macropus) giganteus, Thylogale billardierii, Protemnodon brehus, Baringa nelsonensis
Thylogale billardierii pademelon
Protemnodon brehus Owen 1874 kangaroo
Baringa nelsonensis Flannery and Hann 1984 kangaroo | |
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Pseudokoala cathysantamaria possum | |
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Trichosurus sp. Lesson 1828 brushtail possum | |
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Pseudocheirus peregrinu ring-tailed possum | |
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Perameles bougainville Quoy and Gaimard 1824 long-nosed bandicoot
Perameles gunnii Gray 1838 eastern barred bandicoot | |