Dog Rocks (Pliocene to of Australia)

Where: Victoria, Australia (38.1° S, 144.3° E: paleocoordinates 40.9° S, 143.8° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Moorabool Viaduct Sand Formation, Zanclean to Zanclean (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

• Kalimnan-Cheltenhamian

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

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 70572: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 29.03.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Amphibia
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Amphibia indet. Linnaeus 1758 tetrapod
Mammalia
 Diprotodontia - Vombatidae
Vombatidae indet. Burnett 1829 wombat
 Diprotodontia - Diprotodontidae
Diprotodontidae indet. Gill 1872 diprotodont marsupial
Zygomaturus sp. Owen 1858 diprotodont marsupial
 Diprotodontia - Pseudocheiridae
Pseudocheiridae indet. Winge 1893 ringtail possum
 Diprotodontia - Macropodidae
Macropodidae indet. Gray 1821 kangaroo
Macropus (Macropus) sp. Shaw 1790 kangaroo
Wallabia bicolor Desmarest 1804 swamp wallaby
 Peramelemorphia - Peramelidae
Peramelidae indet. Gray 1825 bandicoot
 Dasyuromorphia - Dasyuridae
Dasyuridae indet. Goldfuss 1820 marsupial
Glaucodon ballaratensis Stirton 1957 marsupial
Reptilia
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Reptilia indet. Laurenti 1768 reptile
Aves
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Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird
Pisces
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"Pisces indet." = Osteichthyes
"Pisces indet." = Osteichthyes Huxley 1880 bony fish