Also known as VVP
Where: Victoria, Australia (38.0° S, 143.2° E: paleocoordinates 45.9° S, 141.7° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Miocene to Miocene (23.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• The unnamed lithostratigraphic unit
•containing the trackways is part of a complex of lacustrine and
•associated aeolian deposits surrounded by the Newer Volcanic
•Group, a suite of MioceneeHolocene basaltic lavas and pyroclastics
•that extends from central Victoria westward to the south-eastern
•extremity of South Australia
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified volcaniclastic sediments
•containing the trackways is part of a complex of lacustrine and
•associated aeolian deposits surrounded by the Newer Volcanic
•Group, a suite of MioceneeHolocene basaltic lavas and pyroclastics
•that extends from central Victoria westward to the south-eastern
•extremity of South Australia
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: mold/impression, trace
Collection methods: surface (in situ)
Primary reference: S. P. Carey, M. L. Cupper, R. Gruen, J. C. Hellstrom, S. W. McKnight, I. McLennan, D. A. Pickering, P. Trusler, and M. Aubert. 2011. A diverse Pleistocene marsupial trackway assemblage from the Victorian volcanic plains, Australia. Quaternary Science Reviews 30(5-6):591-610 [M. Uhen/F. Villegas-Garin]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 182835: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Franco Villegas-Garin on 25.11.2016
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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