Hamilton (Pliocene of Australia)
Where: Victoria, Australia (37.7° S, 142.0° E: paleocoordinates 40.5° S, 141.3° E)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Grange Burn Formation, Zanclean (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
• unnamed fossil soil horizon
Primary reference: K. J. Piper, E. M. G. Fitzgerald, and T. H. Rich. 2006. Mesozoic to early Quaternary mammal faunas of Victoria, South-East Australia. Palaeontology 49(6):1237-1262 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 70556: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 28.03.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia | |
Peramelidae indet. Gray 1825 bandicoot | |
Silvicultor tedfordi Turnbull et al. 2003 marsupial | |
Hypsiprymnodontidae indet. Collett 1887 diprotodont marsupial | |
Macropodidae indet., Thylogale ignis, Thylogale sp., Kurrabi pelchenorum, Dendrolagus sp., Dorcopsis wintercookorum
Macropodidae indet. Gray 1821 kangaroo
Thylogale ignis pademelon
Thylogale sp. Gray 1837 pademelon
Kurrabi pelchenorum Flannery and Archer 1984 kangaroo
Dendrolagus sp. Müller 1840 tree kangaroo
Dorcopsis wintercookorum New Guinea forest wallaby | |
Phalangeridae indet. Thomas 1888 possum
Trichosurus hamiltonensis n. sp. Flannery et al. 1987 brushtail possum
Strigocuscus notialis Flannery et al. 1987 possum | |
Burramyidae indet. Broom 1898 pygmy possum | |
Petauridae indet. Bonaparte 1838 possum
Pseudokoala erlita possum | |
Ektopodontidae indet. Stirton et al. 1967 diprotodont marsupial | |
Diprotodontidae indet. Gill 1872 diprotodont marsupial | |
Palorchestidae indet. Tate 1948 diprotodont marsupial | |
Vombatidae indet. Burnett 1829 wombat | |
Pseudocheiridae indet. Winge 1893 ringtail possum
Pseudocheirus marshalli ring-tailed possum | |
Potoroidae indet. Gray 1821 diprotodont marsupial
Milliyowi bunganditj diprotodont marsupial | |
Dasyuridae indet. Goldfuss 1820 marsupial
Antechinus sp. Macleay 1841 antechinus | |
Microchiroptera indet. Dobson 1875 bat |