Chinchilla Sands (Pliocene of Australia)

Where: New South Wales, Australia (31.1° S, 154.8° E: paleocoordinates 33.7° S, 154.5° E)

When: Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. T. Woods. 1962. Fossil marsupials and Cainozoic continental stratigraphy in Australia; a review. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 14(2):41-49 [M. Uhen/M. Nelson]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 182916: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Margot Nelson on 28.11.2016, edited by Carlos Peredo and Mark Uhen

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Crocodylia -
Crocodylia indet.
Crocodylia indet. crocodilian
 Testudines -
Testudines indet.
Testudines indet. Batsch 1788 turtle
Mammalia
 Diprotodontia -
Troposodon sp.4
Troposodon sp.4 Bartholomai 1967 short-faced kangaroo
 Diprotodontia - Macropodidae
Bohra paulae2, Macropus sp.4, Protemnodon sp.4
Bohra paulae2 Flannery and Szalay 1982 kangaroo
Macropus sp.4 Shaw 1790 kangaroo
Protemnodon sp.4 Owen 1874 kangaroo
 Diprotodontia - Diprotodontidae
Euryzygoma dunense4, Euowenia sp.
Euryzygoma dunense4 diprotodont marsupial
Euowenia sp. De Vis 1891 diprotodont marsupial
 Diprotodontia - Palorchestidae
Palorchestes sp.
Palorchestes sp. Owen 1874 diprotodont marsupial
 Diprotodontia - Vombatidae
Phascolonus gigas3, "Ramsayia lemleyi" = Phascolonus lemleyi3, Sedophascolomys medius3, Vombatus sp.3, Vombatus mitchelli3
Phascolonus gigas3 Owen 1859 wombat
"Ramsayia lemleyi" = Phascolonus lemleyi3 Archer 1976 wombat
Sedophascolomys medius3 Owen 1872 wombat
Vombatus sp.3 Saint-Hillaire 1803 common wombat
Vombatus mitchelli3 Owen 1838 common wombat
 Rodentia -
Pseudomys vandycki n. sp.1
Pseudomys vandycki n. sp.1 Godthelp 1989 Australian mouse
1Godthelp 1989; 2Hocknull 2005; 3Louys 2015; 4Montanari et al. 2013