Breccia Cave (Pleistocene of Australia)

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
 Dasyuromorphia - Dasyuridae
Sarcophilus laniarius Owen 1838 Tasmanian devil
 Dasyuromorphia - Thylacinidae
Thylacinus sp. Temminck 1824 Tasmanian wolf
 Diprotodontia -
Procoptodon pusio Owen 1874 short-faced kangaroo
Procoptodon rapha Owen 1874 short-faced kangaroo
 Diprotodontia - Phalangeridae
Trichosurus cf. vulpecula Kerr 1792 common brushtail possum
 Diprotodontia - Macropodidae
"Macropus giganteus" = Macropus (Macropus) giganteus, "Macropus agilis" = Macropus (Notamacropus) agilis
"Macropus giganteus" = Macropus (Macropus) giganteus Shaw 1790 eastern grey kangaroo
subspecies titan
"Macropus agilis" = Macropus (Notamacropus) agilis Gould 1842 agile wallaby
subspecies siva
 Diprotodontia - Potoroidae
Aepyprymnus rufescens Gray 1837 rufous rat-kangaroo
 Diprotodontia - Vombatidae
Vombatus ursinus Shaw 1800 common wombat
subspecies mitchellii
Lasiorhinus krefftii Owen 1872 northern hairy-nosed wombat
 Diprotodontia - Thylacoleonidae
Thylacoleo carnifex Owen 1859 diprotodont marsupial
 Monotremata - Tachyglossidae
"Echidna (Proechidna) oweni" = Echidna oweni
"Echidna (Proechidna) oweni" = Echidna oweni Kreft 1868 echidna