Also known as Mitchell's Cave, Wellington Caves
Where: New South Wales, Australia (32.6° S, 148.9° E: paleocoordinates 33.3° S, 148.8° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
• post-Tertiary
Environment/lithology: cave; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Primary reference: W. S. Dun. 1894. Notes on the occurrence of monotreme remains in the Pliocene of New South Wales. Records of the Geological Survey of New South Wales 41:118-126 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 95899: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 04.05.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Sarcophilus laniarius Owen 1838 Tasmanian devil | |
Thylacinus sp. Temminck 1824 Tasmanian wolf | |
Procoptodon pusio Owen 1874 short-faced kangaroo
Procoptodon rapha Owen 1874 short-faced kangaroo | |
Trichosurus cf. vulpecula Kerr 1792 common brushtail possum | |
"Macropus giganteus" = Macropus (Macropus) giganteus, "Macropus agilis" = Macropus (Notamacropus) agilis
"Macropus giganteus" = Macropus (Macropus) giganteus Shaw 1790 eastern grey kangaroo subspecies titan
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Aepyprymnus rufescens Gray 1837 rufous rat-kangaroo | |
Lasiorhinus krefftii Owen 1872 northern hairy-nosed wombat | |
Thylacoleo carnifex Owen 1859 diprotodont marsupial | |
"Echidna (Proechidna) oweni" = Echidna oweni
"Echidna (Proechidna) oweni" = Echidna oweni Kreft 1868 echidna |