Upper Site: Aquitanian - Burdigalian, Australia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Peramelemorphia
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Galadi speciosus
Travouillion et al. 2010
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Travouillion et al. 2010 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Peramelemorphia
- Yaralidae
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Yarala burchfieldi
Muirhead and Filan 1995
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Muirhead and Filan 1995 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Diprotodontia
- Pseudocheiridae
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Paljara sp.
Woodburne et al. 1987
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species name not given | ||||||||||
Pseudochirops sp.
Marschie 1915
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species name not given | ||||||||||
Pildra sp.
Woodburne et al. 1987
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species name not given | ||||||||||
Gawinga aranaea
Roberts et al. 2007
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Marlu sp.
Woodburne et al. 1987
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species name not given | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Diprotodontia
- Miralinidae
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Durudarwiri inusitatus n. gen., n. sp.
Crosby and Archer 2000
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Crosby and Archer 2000 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Diprotodontia
- Macropodidae
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Gumardee keari
Travouillon et al. 2022
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Travouillon et al. 2022 | |||||||||
QM F19620, left maxilla with M1–4; QM F19627, right maxilla with M4; QM F19641, right juvenile dentary with m4 in crypt; QM F19685, right dentary with m1–4; QM F19930, right dentary with m1 talonid, m2–3; QM F19948, right juvenile dentary with dp3, p3 out of its crypt, m1. | ||||||||||
Gumardee webbi
Travouillon et al. 2022
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Travouillon et al. 2022 | |||||||||
QM F19926, left maxilla with broken P3. VVC-F Site: QM F57594, left maxilla with P2, dP3, M1–2, broken M3. | ||||||||||
Cookeroo hortusensis
Butler et al. 2016
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Butler et al. 2016 | 12 specimens | ||||||||
Mammalia
- Diprotodontia
- Phascolarctidae
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Litokoala garyjohnstoni n. sp.
Louys et al. 2007
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Louys et al. 2007 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Diprotodontia
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Ganawamaya acris n. gen., n. sp.
Cooke 1992
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Cooke 1992 | |||||||||
Balbaroo fangaroo n. gen., n. sp.
Cooke 2000
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Cooke 2000 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Notoryctemorphia
- Notoryctidae
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Naraboryctes philcreaseri
Archer et al. 2010
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Archer et al. 2010 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Theropoda
- Menuridae
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Menura tyawanoides n. sp.
Boles 1995
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Boles 1995 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Pythonidae
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Morelia riversleighensis
(Smith and Plane 1985)
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Scanlon 2001 | 1 individual | ||||||||
partial skeleton of large individual, comprising right dentary and anterior part of right compound bone (both AR l3392), left maxilla (AR l3l36), 89 partial to complete vertebrae (AR 10842), and fragments of ribs including 11 rib heads (AR 13134, 13135, 14123) | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Madtsoiidae
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Nanowana godthelpi
Scanlon 1997
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Scanlon 1997 | 5 specimens | ||||||||
QMF 31389, dentary; QMF 23066, palatine; QMF 31390, maxilla fragment; QMF 23067, 31385, pterygoids | ||||||||||
Nanowana schrenki n. sp.
Scanlon 1997
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Scanlon 1997 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
QMF 31395 (holotype), right palatine; QMF 31390, 31391, 31394, maxilla fragments | ||||||||||
Yurlunggur sp.
Scanlon 1992
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Scanlon 2005 | 2 fragments | ||||||||
2 partial dentaries (QM F23064, F51380) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Coleoptera
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Polyphaga indet.
Emery 1886
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Duncan et al. 1998 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
QM F34583, F34586 | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Curculionidae
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Curculionidae indet.
(Latreille 1802)
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Duncan et al. 1998 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
QM F16648, F34585 | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Histeridae
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Histeridae indet.
Gyllenhal 1808
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Duncan et al. 1998 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
QM F34582 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Ommatidae
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Ommatidae indet.
Sharp and Muir 1912
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Duncan et al. 1998 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
QM F34595 | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Trichoptera
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Trichoptera indet.
Kirby 1815
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Duncan et al. 1998 | 9 specimens | ||||||||
QM F34584, F34587-F34594 | ||||||||||
Myriapoda
- Julida
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Julida indet.
Leach 1814
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Duncan et al. 1998 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
QM F34596 | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Australia | State/province: | Queensland |
Coordinates: | 19.0° South, 138.7° East (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 30.7° South, 134.7° East | ||
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
Stage: | Aquitanian - Burdigalian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
Key time interval: | Aquitanian - Burdigalian | ||
Age range of interval: | 23.03 - 15.98 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | System B | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: System B is "early Miocene" based on biochronology |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes: | some genera |
Collection methods: | acetic |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Collection method comments: Queensland Museum collection (QM)
Michael Archer reference collection (AR), University of New South Wales (possibly serving as temporary registration) |
Metadata
Also known as: | Godthelp’s Hill, Riversleigh | ||
Database number: | 106497 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy, M. Clapham, M. Uhen, J. Mueller, A. Dunhill, P. Mannion | Enterer: | J. Alroy, M. Clapham, M. Uhen, T. Liebrecht, B. Allen, A. Garcia Selles, G. Varnham |
Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2011-03-21 12:53:11 | Last modified: | 2020-08-03 12:42:24 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-03-21 12:53:11 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
35571. | K. K. Roberts, M. Archer, S. J. Hand and H. Godthelp. 2007. New genus and species of extinct Miocene ringtail possums (Marsupialia: Pseudocheiridae). American Museum Novitates 3560:1-15 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
42926 | M. Archer, R. Beck, M. Gott, S. Hand, H. Godthelp and K. Black. 2010. Australia’s first fossil marsupial mole(Notoryctemorphia) resolves controversies about their evolution and palaeoenvironmental origins. Proceeding of Royal Sosiety. Serie B 3 [J. Alroy/A. Garcia Selles] | |
35812 | W. E. Boles. 1995. A preliminary analysis of the Passeriformes from Riversleigh, Northwestern Queensland, Australia, with the description of a new species of Lyrebird. Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 181:163-170 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
59034 | K. Butler, K. J. Travouillon, G. J. Price, M. Archer, and S. J. Hand. 2016. Cookeroo, a new genus of fossil kangaroo (Marsupialia, Macropodidae) from the Oligo-Miocene of Riversleigh, Northwestern Queensland, Australia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 36(3):e1083029 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
43259 | B. N. Cooke. 1992. Primitive macropodids from Riversleigh, north-western Queensland. Ameghiniana 16(3):201-217 [J. Alroy/A. Garcia Selles] | |
43254 | B. N. Cooke. 2000. Cranial Remains of a New Species of Balbarine Kangaroo (Marsupialia: Macropodoidea) fromthe Oligo-Miocene Freshwater Limestone Deposits of Riversleigh World Heritage Area,Northern Australia. Journal of Paleontology 74(2):317-326 [J. Alroy/A. Garcia Selles] | |
43089 | K. Crosby and M. Archer. 2000. Durudawirines, a new group of Phalangeroid marsupials from the Miocene of Riversleigh, northwestern Queensland. Journal of Paleontology 74(2):327-335 [J. Alroy/A. Garcia Selles/G. Lloyd] | |
50466 | I. J. Duncan, D. E. G. Briggs, and M. Archer. 1998. Three-dimensionally mineralized insects and millipedes from the Tertiary of Riversleigh, Queensland, Australia. Palaeontology 41:835-851 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
43111 | J. Louys, K. Black, M. Archer, S. J. Hand, and H. Godthelp. 2007. Descriptions of koala fossils from the Miocene of Riversleigh, northwestern Queensland and implications for Litokoala (Marsupialia, Phascolarctidae). Alcheringa 31(2):99-110 [J. Alroy/A. Garcia Selles] | |
43416 | J. Muirhead and S. Filan. 1995. Yarala burchfieldi, a Plesiomorphic Bandicoot (Marsupialia, Peramelemorphia) from Oligo- Miocene Deposits of Riversleigh, Northwestern Queensland. Journal of Paleontology 69(1):127-134 [J. Alroy/A. Garcia Selles] | |
73261 | T. J. Myers, K. H. Black, M. Archer and S. J. Hand. 2017. The identification of Oligo-Miocene mammalian palaeocommunities from the Riversleigh World Heritage Area, Australia and an appraisal of palaeoecological techniques. PeerJ 5(e3511):1-31 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
17333 | J. D. Scanlon. 1997. Nanowana gen. nov., small madtsoiid snakes from the Miocene of Riversleigh: sympatric species with divergently specialised dentition. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 41(2):393-412 [J. Head/J. Head] | |
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] | |
58841 | J. D. Scanlon. 2005. Cranial morphology of the Plio-Pleistocene giant madtsoiid snake Wonambi naracoortensis. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 50(1):139-180 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht/M. Uhen] | |
43037 | K. J. Travouillion, Y. Gurovich, R. M. D. Beck and J. Muirhead. 2010. An exceptionally well-preserved short-snouted bandicoot (Marsupialia; Peramelemorphia) from Riversleigh's Oligo-Miocene deposits, northwestern Queensland, Australia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30(5):1528-1546 [J. Alroy/A. Garcia Selles/A. Garcia Selles] | |
80801 | K. J. Travouillon, K. Butler, M. Archer and S. J. Hand. 2022. Two new species of the genus Gumardee (Marsupialia, Macropodiformes) reveal the repeated evolution of bilophodonty in kangaroos. Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology [P. Mannion/G. Varnham] |