Curracurrang 1 Rockshelter (Holocene of Australia)

Also known as 1CU5

Where: New South Wales, Australia (34.1° S, 151.1° E: paleocoordinates 34.1° S, 151.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: anthropogenic

Primary reference: L. G. Koungoulos, J. Balme, S. O'Connor and S. Ingrey. 2024. Late Holocene hunting economies in coastal southeastern Australia: Insights from the archaeological fauna of Curracurrang 1 Rockshelter, Royal National Park. Archaeology in Oceania 1-29 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: archaeological analysis

PaleoDB collection 235090: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 31.05.2024

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Acanthopagrus australis
Mammalia
 Carnivora - Canidae
Canis lupus dingo
unclassified
  -
Mysticeti indet., Pteropodidae indet., Testudines indet.
Echinoidea
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Echinoidea indet.
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin
Mammalia
 Carnivora - Otariidae
"Arctocephalus pusillus doriferus" = Arctocephalus doriferus
"Arctocephalus pusillus doriferus" = Arctocephalus doriferus Wood Jones 1925 fur seal
 Diprotodontia - Macropodidae
Petrogale penicillata, Notamacropus rufogriseus, Thylogale thetis, Wallabia bicolor
Petrogale penicillata Gray 1827 Brush-tailed rock-wallaby
Notamacropus rufogriseus Desmarest 1817 red-necked wallaby
Thylogale thetis Lesson 1828 Red-necked pademelon
Wallabia bicolor Desmarest 1804 swamp wallaby
 Diprotodontia - Vombatidae
Vombatus ursinus
Vombatus ursinus Shaw 1800 common wombat
 Diprotodontia - Pseudocheiridae
Pseudocheirus peregrinus
Pseudocheirus peregrinus Boddaert 1785 common ringtail possum
 Diprotodontia - Potoroidae
Potorous tridactylus
Potorous tridactylus Kerr 1792 long-nosed potoroo
 Diprotodontia - Phalangeridae
Trichosurus vulpecula
Trichosurus vulpecula Kerr 1792 common brushtail possum
 Dasyuromorphia - Dasyuridae
Dasyurus maculatus
Dasyurus maculatus Kerr 1792 tiger quoll
 Peramelemorphia - Peramelidae
Isoodon obesulus, Perameles nasuta
Isoodon obesulus Shaw 1797 short-nosed bandicoot
Perameles nasuta Geoffroy 1804 long-nosed bandicoot
Aves
 Sphenisciformes - Spheniscidae
"Eudyptula novaehollandiae" = Eudyptula minor novaehollandiae
"Eudyptula novaehollandiae" = Eudyptula minor novaehollandiae Shaw 1826 little penguin
 Procellariiformes - Diomedeidae
Diomedea exulans
Diomedea exulans Linnaeus 1758 wandering albatross
 Procellariiformes - Procellariidae
Procellariidae indet., Ardenna grisea, Ardenna tenuirostris, Ardenna bulleri
Procellariidae indet. Vigors 1825 petrel
Ardenna grisea Gmelin 1789 sooty shearwater
Ardenna tenuirostris Temminck 1823 short-tailed shearwater
Ardenna bulleri Salvin 1888 Buller's shearwater
 Pelecaniformes - Ardeidae
Ixobrychus dubius
Ixobrychus dubius Matthews 1912 Australian little bittern
 Passeriformes - Corvidae
Corvus coronoides
Reptilia
 Theropoda - Phasianidae
aff. Gallus gallus
aff. Gallus gallus Linnaeus 1758 chicken
 Squamata - Agamidae
Agamidae indet.
Agamidae indet. Gray 1827 squamates
 Squamata - Pythonidae
Morelia spilota
Morelia spilota Lacépède 1804 carpet python
 Squamata - Elapidae
Elapidae indet.
Elapidae indet. Boié 1827 snake
 Squamata - Colubridae
Colubridae indet.
Colubridae indet. Oppel 1811 colubrid snake
 Squamata - Scincidae
Tiliqua scincoides
Tiliqua scincoides White 1790 Eastern bluetongue skink
Actinopteri
 Siluriformes - Plotosidae
Plotosidae indet.
 Carangiformes - Carangidae
Pseudocaranx dentex, Seriola lalandi
 Tetraodontiformes - Monacanthidae
Monacanthidae indet.
 Labriformes - Labridae
Pseudolabrus fucicola, Achoerodus viridis
 Spariformes - Sparidae
"Chrysophrys auratus" = Otolithus (Chrysophris)
"Chrysophrys auratus" = Otolithus (Chrysophris)
 Acanthuriformes - Sciaenidae
Argyrosomus japonicus
 Teleostei -
Perciformes indet.
Perciformes indet. Bleeker 1859 perch-like fish
 Scombriformes - Pomatomidae
Pomatomus saltatrix
Pomatomus saltatrix Linnaeus 1766 bluefish
Malacostraca
 Decapoda -
Brachyura indet.
Brachyura indet. Latreille 1802 crab