King Creek, Pilton (Pleistocene of Australia)

Also known as King's Creek; eastern Darling Downs

Where: Queensland, Australia (28.6° S, 152.1° E: paleocoordinates 28.6° S, 152.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• in Pleistocene fluviatile deposits

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; lithology not reported

• none

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: A. Bartholomai. 1975. The genus Macropus Shaw (Marsupialia: Macropodidae) in the upper Cainozoic deposits of Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 17(2):195-235 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 28422: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 13.02.2003, edited by Albert Garcia Selles, Philip Mannion and Grace Varnham

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Squamata - Varanidae
Varanus emeritus2, "Varanus dirus" = Varanus prisca2
Varanus emeritus2 monitor lizard
humerus distal portion
"Varanus dirus" = Varanus prisca2 Owen 1859 monitor lizard
tooth
 Crocodylia -
Quinkana sp.6 Molnar 1982 crocodilian
QMF57032
Mammalia
 Diprotodontia - Diprotodontidae
Diprotodon sp.4 Owen 1838 diprotodont marsupial
 Diprotodontia -
Propleopus oscillans1 De Vis 1888 diprotodont marsupial
Procoptodon rapha5 Owen 1874 short-faced kangaroo
Procoptodon pusio5 Owen 1874 short-faced kangaroo
 Diprotodontia - Macropodidae
Macropus (? Prionotemnus) piltonensis n. sp., "Procoptodon goliah" = Macropus goliah5, "Macropus (Macropus) rama n. sp." = Macropus rama
Macropus (? Prionotemnus) piltonensis n. sp. Bartholomai 1975 kangaroo
"Procoptodon goliah" = Macropus goliah5 Owen 1874 kangaroo
"Macropus (Macropus) rama n. sp." = Macropus rama Bartholomai 1975 kangaroo
 Monotremata - Ornithorhynchidae
"Ornithorhynchus agilis n. sp." = Ornithorhynchus anatinus3
"Ornithorhynchus agilis n. sp." = Ornithorhynchus anatinus3 Shaw 1792 platypus