Riversleigh World Heritage Fossil Site: Miocene, Australia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Chiroptera
- Hipposideridae
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Riversleigha williamsi
Hand 1998
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Australia | State/province: | Queensland |
| Coordinates: | 19.0° South, 138.7° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 28.0° South, 135.9° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5-6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 23.03000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Environment: | cave |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 182936 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | L. Craig | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2016-11-29 02:04:58 | Last modified: | 2017-05-23 16:34:15 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-11-29 02:04:58 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 61037. | S. Hand. 1998. Riversleigha williamsi gen. et sp. nov., a large Miocene hipposiderid (Microchiroptera) from Riversleigh, Queensland. Alcheringa 22(3-4):259-276 [M. Uhen/L. Craig] |