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

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Chiroptera -
Microchiroptera indet.
Microchiroptera indet. Dobson 1875 bat
 Dasyuromorphia - Dasyuridae
Dasyuridae indet., Antechinus sp.
Dasyuridae indet. Goldfuss 1820 marsupial
Antechinus sp. Macleay 1841 antechinus
 Diprotodontia - Potoroidae
Potoroidae indet., Milliyowi bunganditj
Potoroidae indet. Gray 1821 diprotodont marsupial
Milliyowi bunganditj diprotodont marsupial
 Diprotodontia - Hypsiprymnodontidae
Hypsiprymnodontidae indet.
Hypsiprymnodontidae indet. Collett 1887 diprotodont marsupial
 Diprotodontia - Ektopodontidae
Ektopodontidae indet.
Ektopodontidae indet. Stirton et al. 1967 diprotodont marsupial
 Diprotodontia - Palorchestidae
Palorchestidae indet.
Palorchestidae indet. Tate 1948 diprotodont marsupial
 Diprotodontia - Vombatidae
Vombatidae indet.
Vombatidae indet. Burnett 1829 wombat
 Diprotodontia - Diprotodontidae
Diprotodontidae indet.
Diprotodontidae indet. Gill 1872 diprotodont marsupial
 Diprotodontia - Macropodidae
Macropodidae indet., Dorcopsis wintercookorum, Thylogale ignis, Thylogale sp., Dendrolagus sp., Kurrabi pelchenorum
Macropodidae indet. Gray 1821 kangaroo
Dorcopsis wintercookorum New Guinea forest wallaby
Thylogale ignis pademelon
Thylogale sp. Gray 1837 pademelon
Dendrolagus sp. Müller 1840 tree kangaroo
Kurrabi pelchenorum Flannery and Archer 1984 kangaroo
 Diprotodontia - Petauridae
Petauridae indet., Pseudokoala erlita
Petauridae indet. Bonaparte 1838 possum
 Diprotodontia - Burramyidae
Burramyidae indet.
Burramyidae indet. Broom 1898 pygmy possum
 Diprotodontia - Phalangeridae
Phalangeridae indet., Strigocuscus notialis, Trichosurus hamiltonensis n. sp.
Phalangeridae indet. Thomas 1888 possum
Strigocuscus notialis Flannery et al. 1987 possum
Trichosurus hamiltonensis n. sp. Flannery et al. 1987 brushtail possum
 Diprotodontia - Pseudocheiridae
Pseudocheiridae indet., Pseudocheirus marshalli
Pseudocheiridae indet. Winge 1893 ringtail possum
Pseudocheirus marshalli ring-tailed possum
 Peramelemorphia - Peramelidae
Peramelidae indet.
Peramelidae indet. Gray 1825 bandicoot
 Peramelemorphia -
Silvicultor tedfordi
Silvicultor tedfordi Turnbull et al. 2003 marsupial