Duck Ponds (Pleistocene of Australia)
Where: Victoria, Australia (38.0° S, 144.4° E: paleocoordinates 38.7° S, 144.3° E)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; mudstone and claystone
• muds, clays, sands, and gravels
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 70580: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 29.03.2007, edited by Margot Nelson
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Mammalia | |
"Macropus titan" = Macropus (Macropus) giganteus, Protemnodon cf. anak
"Macropus titan" = Macropus (Macropus) giganteus Shaw 1790 eastern grey kangaroo
Protemnodon cf. anak Owen 1874 kangaroo | |
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Thylacoleo carnifex Owen 1859 diprotodont marsupial | |
"Diprotodon cf. optatum" = Diprotodon optatum, "Diprotodon (cf. Diprotodon) longiceps" = Diprotodon optatum
"Diprotodon cf. optatum" = Diprotodon optatum Owen 1838 diprotodont marsupial
"Diprotodon (cf. Diprotodon) longiceps" = Diprotodon optatum Owen 1838 diprotodont marsupial | |
| Gastropoda | |
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Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
| Bivalvia | |
"Pelecypoda indet." = Bivalvia
"Pelecypoda indet." = Bivalvia Linnaeus 1758 clam | |