Where: South Australia, Australia (31.0° S, 140.3° E: paleocoordinates 45.8° S, 136.2° E)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Namba Formation, Late/Upper Oligocene (28.4 - 23.0 Ma)
• Yanda Fauna, near the contact between the two unnamed members of the Namba Formation
•The accepted age for the Namba formation has varied from late Oligocene-early Miocene. Woodburne et al. 1994 suggested a late Oligocene age for the correlated faunas of Zone A in the Etadunna Formation. Martin 1990 also suggested that an early Miocene age was unlikely based on pollen data. Megirian et al. 2010 also used a late Oligocene age of 28-24Ma for the Namba Formation.
Environment/lithology: marine; claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Collected by M. Archer, T.H. Rich
Primary reference: E. M. G. Fitzgerald. 2004. A review of the Tertiary fossil Cetacea (Mammalia) localities in Australia. Memoirs of the Museum of Victoria 61(2):183-208 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 51413: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 03.06.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gnathostomata | |
Osteichthyes indet. bony fish | |
Aves | |
Anatidae indet. Vigors 1825 waterfowl | |
Nambashag billerooensis Worthy 2011 cormorant | |
Phoenicopteridae indet. Bonaparte 1838 flamingo | |
Reptilia | |
Crocodylia indet. crocodilian | |
Mammalia | |
Eurhinodelphinidae indet. Abel 1901 toothed whale | |
Dasylurinja kokuminola marsupial | |
Ilaria sp. Tedford and Woodburne 1987 diprotodont marsupial | |
Miralina cf. minor Woodburne et al. 1987 diprotodont marsupial | |
Djilgaringa thompsonae n. sp.
Djilgaringa thompsonae n. sp. marsupial | |
Osteichthyes | |
Neoceratodus "sp. 1", Neoceratodus "sp. 4", Neoceratodus djelleh, Neoceratodus gregoryi, Neoceratodus eyrensis
Neoceratodus "sp. 1" Castelnau 1876 Queensland lungfish
Neoceratodus "sp. 4" Castelnau 1876 Queensland lungfish
Neoceratodus djelleh Kemp 1982 Queensland lungfish
Neoceratodus gregoryi White 1925 Queensland lungfish
Neoceratodus eyrensis White 1925 Queensland lungfish |