Nelson Bay (Pleistocene of Australia)
Where: Victoria, Australia (38.6° S, 141.6° E: paleocoordinates 39.3° S, 141.4° E)
• 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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Muridae indet. Illiger 1811 mouse | |
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Peramelidae indet. Gray 1825 bandicoot | |
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Dasyuridae indet. Goldfuss 1820 marsupial | |
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Thylacinidae indet. Bonaparte 1838 thylacine | |
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Pseudocheiridae indet. Winge 1893 ringtail possum | |
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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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Phascolarctidae indet. Owen 1839 koala | |
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Thylacoleonidae indet. Gill 1872 diprotodont marsupial | |
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Ektopodontidae indet. Stirton et al. 1967 diprotodont marsupial | |
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Petauridae indet. Bonaparte 1838 possum
Pseudokoala cathysantamaria possum | |
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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
Baringa nelsonensis Flannery and Hann 1984 kangaroo | |