Fisherman's Ciff (Pliocene of Australia)

Where: New South Wales, Australia (34.1° S, 141.7° E: paleocoordinates 36.9° S, 141.0° E)

When: Moorna Formation, Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; unlithified sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. J. Whitelaw. 1991. Magnetic polarity stratigraphy of Pliocene and Pleistocene fossil vertebrate localities in southeastern Australia. Geological Society America Bulletin 103(11):1493-1503 [M. Uhen/M. Nelson/M. Nelson]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 182842: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Margot Nelson on 26.11.2016

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Placentalia -
Rodentia indet.
Rodentia indet. Bowdich 1821 rodent
 Peramelemorphia - Peramelidae
Perameles sp.
Perameles sp. Geoffroy 1804 long-nosed bandicoot
 Dasyuromorphia - Dasyuridae
Antechinus sp., Glaucodon ballaratensis
Antechinus sp. Macleay 1841 antechinus
Glaucodon ballaratensis Stirton 1957 marsupial
 Diprotodontia - Macropodidae
Protemnodon cf. otibandus, Macropus sp., "Petrogale sp." = Macropus (Petrogale)
Macropus sp. Shaw 1790 kangaroo
"Petrogale sp." = Macropus (Petrogale) Gray 1837 rock wallaby
 Diprotodontia - Potoroidae
Potorous sp.
Potorous sp. Desmarest 1804 potoroo
 Diprotodontia - Diprotodontidae
Diprotodon sp.
Diprotodon sp. Owen 1838 diprotodont marsupial
 Diprotodontia - Vombatidae
Lasiorhinus sp.
Lasiorhinus sp. Gray 1863 hairy-nosed wombat
 Diprotodontia -
Lagostrophus sp.
Lagostrophus sp. Thomas 1886 short-faced kangaroo