Childers Cove (Pliocene to of Australia)
Where: Victoria, Australia (38.5° S, 142.7° E: paleocoordinates 39.9° S, 142.4° E)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Piacenzian to Piacenzian (3.6 - 0.8 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; conglomerate
• within and below thin bands of gravel closely associated with calcareous nodule layers prsent throughout an approximately 1-m thick horizontally beded, pale yellow-brown, quartz-rich silty sand
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 70576: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 29.03.2007
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Taxonomic list
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| Pisces | |
"Pisces indet." = Osteichthyes
"Pisces indet." = Osteichthyes Huxley 1880 bony fish | |
| Mammalia | |
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Dasyuridae indet. Goldfuss 1820 marsupial | |
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Pseudocheiridae indet. Winge 1893 ringtail possum | |
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Thylacoleonidae indet. Gill 1872 diprotodont marsupial | |
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Phascolarctidae indet. Owen 1839 koala | |
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Diprotodontidae indet. Gill 1872 diprotodont marsupial | |
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Palorchestidae indet. Tate 1948 diprotodont marsupial | |
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Vombatidae indet. Burnett 1829 wombat | |
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Phalangeridae indet. Thomas 1888 possum | |
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Sthenurinae indet. Glauert 1926 short-faced kangaroo | |
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Macropodinae indet. Gray 1821 kangaroo | |
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Ektopodontidae indet. Stirton et al. 1967 diprotodont marsupial | |
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Muridae indet. Illiger 1811 mouse | |