Koala Cave (Holocene of Australia)

Where: Western Australia, Australia (31.5° S, 115.7° E: paleocoordinates 31.6° S, 115.7° E)

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; poorly lithified, red sandstone and lithified breccia

• "Loose, reddish, quartz, which is locally lithified"

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. Archer. 1972. Phascolarctos (Marsupialia, Vombatoidea) and an associated fossil fauna from Koala Cave near Yanchep, Western Australia. Helictite 10(3):49-59 [M. Uhen/E. Hansen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 183094: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Erik Hansen on 30.11.2016

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Bothriembryon bulla
Mammalia
 Peramelemorphia - Peramelidae
Perameles sp., Isoodon obesulus
Perameles sp. Geoffroy 1804 long-nosed bandicoot
Isoodon obesulus Shaw 1797 short-nosed bandicoot
 Diprotodontia -
Sthenurus brownei
Sthenurus brownei short-faced kangaroo
 Diprotodontia - Potoroidae
Bettongia penicillata, Potorous platyops
Bettongia penicillata Gray 1837 brush-tailed bettong
Potorous platyops Gould 1844 potoroo
 Diprotodontia - Phascolarctidae
Phascolarctos sp.
Phascolarctos sp. de Blainville 1816 koala
 Diprotodontia - Vombatidae
Vombatus sp.
Vombatus sp. Saint-Hillaire 1803 common wombat
 Diprotodontia - Tarsipedidae
Tarsipes sp.
Tarsipes sp. Gervais and Verreaux 1842 honey possum
 Diprotodontia - Macropodidae
Setonix brachyurus, Macropus fuliginosus, Macropus eugenii, Macropus irma
Setonix brachyurus Quoy and Gaimard 1830 quokka
Macropus fuliginosus Desmarest 1817 western grey kangaroo
Macropus eugenii Desmarest 1817 tammar wallaby
Macropus irma Jourdan 1837 western brush wallaby
 Rodentia -
Pseudomys shortridgei, Pseudomys occidentalis
Pseudomys shortridgei Australian mouse
Pseudomys occidentalis Australian mouse