Murraelellevan Cave: Pleistocene, Australia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Leggandina hermannsburgensis
Nyctophylus geoffrogyi
Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae
Mus musculus Linnaeus 1758
Leporillus apicalus
Leporillus conditor (Surt 1848)
Mammalia - Rodentia
Pseudomys rawlinnae
Pseudomys occidentalis
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Oryctolagus cuniculus (Linnaeus 1758)
Mammalia - Peramelemorphia - Peramelidae
Perameles bougainrillei
Mammalia - Peramelemorphia
Macrotis lagotis (Reid 1837)
Mammalia - Dasyuromorphia - Dasyuridae
Phascogale calura Gould 1844
Dasycercus cristicauda Krefft 1866
Dasyurus geoffroni
Sminthopsis crassicaudata (Gould 1844)
Antechinomys sp. Krefft 1867
Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Potoroidae
Bettongia leseueri
Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Burramyidae
Cercartetus concinnus (Gould 1845)
Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Phalangeridae
Trichosurus rulpecula
Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Macropodidae
Macropus sp. Shaw 1790
Lagorchestes hirsutus Gould 1844
see common names

Geography
Country:Australia State/province:Western Australia
Coordinates: 32.0° South, 125.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:32.7° South, 125.6° East
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Pleistocene
Age range of interval:2.58000 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:cave
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:182924
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:A. Graur
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2016-11-28 22:40:57 Last modified:2017-05-18 15:46:03
Access level:the public Released:2016-11-28 22:40:57
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

61028. E. L. Lundelius. 1963. Vertebrate remains from the Nullarbor caves, Western Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 46(3):75-80 [M. Uhen/A. Graur/M. Uhen]