Nelson Bay (Pleistocene of Australia)

Where: Victoria, Australia (38.6° S, 141.6° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 39.2° S, 141.7° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Nelson Bay Formation, Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lacustrine - small; sandstone and claystone

• alternating series of lacustrine and aeolian horizontal and cross-bedded calcarenites, and palaeosols

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 70579: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 29.03.2007

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Rodentia - Muridae
Muridae indet.
Muridae indet. Illiger 1811 mouse
 Peramelemorphia - Peramelidae
Peramelidae indet.
Peramelidae indet. Gray 1825 bandicoot
 Diprotodontia - Phalangeridae
Phalangeridae indet.
Phalangeridae indet. Thomas 1888 possum
 Diprotodontia - Petauridae
Petauridae indet., Pseudokoala cathysantamaria
Petauridae indet. Bonaparte 1838 possum
 Diprotodontia - Ektopodontidae
Ektopodontidae indet.
Ektopodontidae indet. Stirton et al. 1967 diprotodont marsupial
 Diprotodontia - Macropodidae
Macropodinae indet., Baringa nelsonensis, Protemnodon sp.
Macropodinae indet. Gray 1821 kangaroo
Baringa nelsonensis Flannery and Hann 1984 kangaroo
Protemnodon sp. Owen 1874 kangaroo
new species
 Diprotodontia - Pseudocheiridae
Pseudocheiridae indet.
Pseudocheiridae indet. Winge 1893 ringtail possum
 Diprotodontia - Thylacoleonidae
Thylacoleonidae indet.
Thylacoleonidae indet. Gill 1872 diprotodont marsupial
 Diprotodontia - Diprotodontidae
Diprotodontidae indet.
Diprotodontidae indet. Gill 1872 diprotodont marsupial
 Diprotodontia - Vombatidae
Vombatidae indet.
Vombatidae indet. Burnett 1829 wombat
 Diprotodontia - Palorchestidae
Palorchestidae indet., Palorchestes sp.
Palorchestidae indet. Tate 1948 diprotodont marsupial
Palorchestes sp. Owen 1874 diprotodont marsupial
new species
 Diprotodontia - Phascolarctidae
Phascolarctidae indet.
Phascolarctidae indet. Owen 1839 koala
 Diprotodontia -
Sthenurinae indet.
Sthenurinae indet. Glauert 1926 short-faced kangaroo
 Dasyuromorphia - Dasyuridae
Dasyuridae indet.
Dasyuridae indet. Goldfuss 1820 marsupial
 Dasyuromorphia - Thylacinidae
Thylacinidae indet.
Thylacinidae indet. Bonaparte 1838 thylacine