Limeburner's Point (Pleistocene of Australia)

Where: Victoria, Australia (38.2° S, 144.4° E: paleocoordinates 38.9° S, 144.3° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• Limbeburner's Point Local Fauna

Environment/lithology: lacustrine - small; limestone

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 70582: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 29.03.2007, edited by Albert Garcia Selles and Margot Nelson

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Dasyuromorphia - Dasyuridae
Dasyuridae indet. Goldfuss 1820 marsupial
Sarcophilus sp.3 Cuvier 1837 Tasmanian devil
 Diprotodontia - Macropodidae
Macropodidae indet. Gray 1821 kangaroo
 Diprotodontia - Diprotodontidae
Diprotodontidae indet. Gill 1872 diprotodont marsupial
Diprotodon sp.1 Owen 1838 diprotodont marsupial
"Diprotodon longiceps" = Diprotodon optatum3 Owen 1838 diprotodont marsupial
 Diprotodontia - Vombatidae
Vombatidae indet. Burnett 1829 wombat
 Diprotodontia -
Sthenurus cf. orientalis2 short-faced kangaroo