Robertson Cave (Pleistocene to of Australia)

Where: South Australia, Australia (37.6° S, 140.5° E: paleocoordinates 37.6° S, 140.5° E)

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene to Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: cave; coal

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. Grealy, A. Macken, M. E. Allentoft, N. J. Rawlence, E. Reed and M. Bunce. 2016. An assessment of ancient DNA preservation in Holocene-Pleistocene fossil bone excavated from the world heritage Naracoorte Caves, South Australia. Journal of Quaternary Science 31(1):33-45 [M. Uhen/V. Choe/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 183085: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Victoria Choe on 30.11.2016

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Rodentia - Muridae
Rattus indet.
Rattus indet. Fischer 1803 rat
 Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
Miniopterus fuliginosus
Miniopterus fuliginosus bend-winged bat
 Dasyuromorphia - Dasyuridae
Dasyurus indet.
Dasyurus indet. Geoffroy 1796 quoll
 Diprotodontia - Macropodidae
Onychogalea unguifera, "Macropus agilis" = Macropus (Notamacropus) agilis
Onychogalea unguifera Gould 1841 northern nail-tail wallaby
"Macropus agilis" = Macropus (Notamacropus) agilis Gould 1842 agile wallaby
 Diprotodontia - Vombatidae
Vombatus ursinus
Vombatus ursinus Shaw 1800 common wombat
 Diprotodontia - Phalangeridae
Trichosurus vulpecula
Trichosurus vulpecula Kerr 1792 common brushtail possum
 Diprotodontia - Acrobatidae
Acrobates pygmaeus
Acrobates pygmaeus Shaw 1794 feathertail glider
 Diprotodontia - Potoroidae
Potoroidae indet., Bettongia indet.
Potoroidae indet. Gray 1821 diprotodont marsupial
Bettongia indet. Gray 1837 bettong
Aves
 Columbiformes - Columbidae
Phaps chalcoptera
Phaps chalcoptera Latham 1790 common bronzewing