Sunlands Pumping Station (Miocene to of Australia)

Also known as Waikerie, Loxton

Where: South Australia, Australia (34.1° S, 139.9° E: paleocoordinates 37.6° S, 139.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Loxton Formation, Messinian to Messinian (7.2 - 2.6 Ma)

• Age after Boessenecker et al., 2019.

•Kalimnan Stage

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; yellow sandstone

• fluvial to lacustine

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original calcite, original phosphate

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: N. S. Pledge. 1985. An early Pliocene shark tooth assemblage in South Australia. South Australia Department of Mines and Energy Special Publication 5:287-299 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 50343: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 13.05.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Echinoidea
 Clypeasteroida - Clypeasteridae
Monostychia indet.
Monostychia indet. Laube 1869 sand dollar
 Spatangoida - Loveniidae
Lovenia woodsi
Lovenia woodsi heart urchin
 Cidaroidea -
Cidaroidea indet.
Mammalia
 Sirenia - Dugongidae
cf. Dugong sp.2
cf. Dugong sp.2 Lacépède 1799 dugong
 Cetacea -
Mysticeti indet.
Mysticeti indet. Cope 1891 whale
 Cetacea - Delphinidae
? Delphinidae indet.1, cf. Steno sp.
? Delphinidae indet.1 Gray 1821 dolphin
cf. Steno sp. Gray 1846 dolphin
 Diprotodontia - Macropodidae
Dorcopsis sp.
Dorcopsis sp. Schlegel and Müller 1845 New Guinea forest wallaby
 Diprotodontia - Diprotodontidae
? Zygomaturus sp.
? Zygomaturus sp. Owen 1858 diprotodont marsupial
 Diprotodontia - Phascolarctidae
Phascolarctos maris1
Phascolarctos maris1 Pledge 1987 koala
Actinopteri
 Tetraodontiformes - Diodontidae
Diodon formosus
Diodon formosus Chapman and Pritchard 1907
 Tetraodontiformes - Monacanthidae
Monacanthidae indet.
 Labriformes - Labridae
"cf. Labroidei indet." = Labridae
"cf. Labroidei indet." = Labridae Cuvier 1816
Chondrichthyes
 Heterodontiformes - Heterodontidae
Heterodontus cf. cainozoicus
Heterodontus cf. cainozoicus Pledge 1985 bullhead shark
 Pristiophoriformes - Pristiophoridae
Pristiophorus lanceolatus
Pristiophorus lanceolatus Davis 1888 saw shark
 Orectolobiformes - Orectolobidae
Orectolobus gippslandicus
 Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
Galeocerdo aduncus
Galeocerdo aduncus Agassiz 1835 tiger shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Carcharhinus cf. brachyurus
Carcharhinus cf. brachyurus Gunther 1870 requiem shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Sphyrnidae
cf. Sphyrna sp.
cf. Sphyrna sp. Rafinesque 1810 hammerhead shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae
Mustelus sp., Galeorhinus cf. australis
Mustelus sp. hound shark
 Lamniformes - Otodontidae
"cf. Carcharodon megalodon" = Otodus megalodon
"cf. Carcharodon megalodon" = Otodus megalodon Agassiz 1835 megalodon
Measured in Pimiento and Balk from the BMNH
 Lamniformes - Lamnidae
"Lamna cf. cattica" = Carcharoides catticus, "Isurus hastalis" = Carcharodon hastalis
"Lamna cf. cattica" = Carcharoides catticus Philippi 1846 mackerel shark
"Isurus hastalis" = Carcharodon hastalis Agassiz 1838 white shark
 Lamniformes - Carchariidae
"Odontaspis cf. acutissima" = Carcharias acutissimus
"Odontaspis cf. acutissima" = Carcharias acutissimus Agassiz 1843 sand shark
 Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
cf. Myliobatis sp.
cf. Myliobatis sp. Cuvier 1816 eagle ray
Thecostraca
 Balanomorpha - Balanidae
Balanidae indet.
Balanidae indet. Leach 1817 barnacle
Deuteropoda
  -
Malacostraca indet.
Malacostraca indet. Latreille 1802
Gymnolaemata
 Cheilostomata - Phidoloporidae
"Retepora sp." = Reteporella
"Retepora sp." = Reteporella Busk 1884
 Cheilostomata - Lepraliellidae
"Cellepora ? gambierensis" = Celleporaria gambierensis
"Cellepora ? gambierensis" = Celleporaria gambierensis Tenison-Woods 1860
Gastropoda
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
"Scalidae indet." = Epitoniidae
"Scalidae indet." = Epitoniidae Berry 1910 wentletrap
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella sp.
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Muricidae indet.
Muricidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 murex snail
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp.
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Spondylus spondyloides, "Chlamys polyaktinos" = Austrohinnites polyaktinos
"Chlamys polyaktinos" = Austrohinnites polyaktinos Ludbrook 1955 scallop
1Fitzgerald 2004; 2Pledge 2006