Big Sink (Pleistocene of Australia)

Also known as 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: L. Dawson. 1985. Marsupial fossils from Wellington Caves, New South Wales; the historic and scientific significance of the collections in the Australian Museum, Sydney. Records of the Australian Museum 37(2):55-69 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 96020: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 06.05.2010

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Dasyuromorphia - Thylacinidae