Archie’s Absence (Snake) Site: Middle Miocene, Australia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Pythonidae
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Morelia riversleighensis
(Smith and Plane 1985)
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100 elements | |||||||||
| QMF 23073 (partial skeleton, comprising right and left dentaries, left angular, right splenial, approx. 80 partially articulated anterior to posterior trunk vertebrae, numerous ribs) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Australia | State/province: | Queensland |
| Coordinates: | 19.1° South, 138.7° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 28.0° South, 135.9° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
| Key time interval: | Middle Miocene | Zone: | Faunal Zone C |
| Age range of interval: | 15.98 - 11.63 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Since Scanlon (2001) gives no detailed stratigraphic data for each locality (saying only that Morelia riversleighensis is present in "Systems A" to "C" of the beds of the Riversleigh area), the stratigraphic assignment given here is according to Archer et al. (1989, Austral. Zool. 25(2)). | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "carbonate" |
| Lithology description: "lacustrine carbonate" according to Archer et al. (1989) | |
| Environment: | lacustrine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original phosphate |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Queensland Museum collection (QMF) | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | AAS Site, Riversleigh | ||
| Database number: | 154234 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Mueller | Enterer: | T. Liebrecht |
| Modifier: | T. Liebrecht | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2014-02-04 01:11:08 | Last modified: | 2014-02-06 07:43:00 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2014-02-04 01:11:08 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 49982. | J. D. Scanlon. 2001. Montypythonoides: the Miocene snake Morelia riversleighensis (Smith & Plane, 1985) and the geographical origin of pythons. Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 25:1-35 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht] |