Nettle Cave: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Australia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Rodentia
|
|||||||
Conilurus albipes
|
|||||||
Pseudomys oralis
|
|||||||
Pseudomys gracilicaudatus
|
|||||||
Pseudomys australis
|
|||||||
Pseudomys novaehollandiae
|
|||||||
Pseudomys fumeus
|
|||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Muridae
|
|||||||
Rattus fuscipes
|
|||||||
Rattus rattus
(Linnaeus 1758)
|
|||||||
Mus musculus
Linnaeus 1758
|
|||||||
Mastacomys fuscus
|
|||||||
Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
|
|||||||
Oryctolagus cuniculus
(Linnaeus 1758)
|
|||||||
Mammalia
- Diprotodontia
- Pseudocheiridae
|
|||||||
Pseudocheirus peregrinus
(Boddaert 1785)
|
|||||||
Petauroides volans
Kerr 1792
|
|||||||
Mammalia
- Diprotodontia
- Potoroidae
|
|||||||
Potorous tridactylus
(Kerr 1792)
|
|||||||
Bettongia sp.
Gray 1837
|
|||||||
Mammalia
- Diprotodontia
- Acrobatidae
|
|||||||
Acrobates pygmaeus
(Shaw 1794)
|
|||||||
Mammalia
- Diprotodontia
- Petauridae
|
|||||||
Petaurus breviceps
(Waterhouse 1839)
|
|||||||
Mammalia
- Diprotodontia
- Burramyidae
|
|||||||
Cercartetus nanus
(Desmarest 1818)
|
|||||||
Cercartetus lepidus
Thomas 1888
|
|||||||
Burramys parvus
Broom 1896
|
|||||||
Mammalia
- Diprotodontia
- Macropodidae
|
|||||||
Thylogale thetis
Lesson 1828
|
|||||||
Mammalia
- Peramelemorphia
- Peramelidae
|
|||||||
Isoodon obesulus
Shaw 1797
|
|||||||
Perameles nasuta
Geoffroy 1804
|
|||||||
Mammalia
- Dasyuromorphia
- Dasyuridae
|
|||||||
Phascogale tapoatafa
(Meyer 1793)
|
|||||||
Antechinus stuartii
Macleay 1841
|
|||||||
Antechinus flavipes
Waterhouse 1838
|
|||||||
Antechinus swainsonii
(Waterhouse 1840)
|
|||||||
Sminthopsis murina
Waterhouse 1837
|
|||||||
Dasyurus viverrinus
(Shaw 1800)
|
|||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Australia | State/province: | New South Wales |
Coordinates: | 33.8° South, 150.0° East (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 33.8° South, 150.0° East | ||
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Time
Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 0.12600 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | "carbonate" |
Secondary lithology: | brown sandy claystone |
Lithology description: The gross stratigraphy of the bone-rich sediment suggests these sediments had formed as a result of a series of deposits of air-fall debris. The dark organic layer indicates a stable surface. The sediment changed below this layer to a brown, gritty, sandy clay that contained an increased amount of charcoal and soil particles, but a reduced amount of bone. Two discrete lenses of charcoal were evident. Between these lenses was a white, calcareous, cemented layer which may represent a former water saturation level. | |
Environment: | cave |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
Also known as: | Nettle Cave of the Jenolan Caves Reserve on the Gread Dividing Ridge | ||
Database number: | 181897 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | J. Joo | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2016-10-07 11:18:07 | Last modified: | 2016-10-07 11:18:07 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-10-07 11:18:07 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
60499. | D. A. Morris, M. L. Augee, D. Gillieson and J. Head. 1997. Analysis of a late Quaternary deposit and small mammal fauna from Nettle Cave, Jenolan, New South Wales. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 117:135-161 [M. Uhen/J. Joo/M. Uhen] |