Top Site: Middle Miocene, Australia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Diprotodontia
Balbaroo nalima Black et al. 2014
Black et al. 2014 2 specimens
NTM P9464-215; NTM P87110-26
Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Balbaridae
Nambaroo bullockensis Schwartz and Megirian 2004
Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Miralinidae
Barguru kayir n. gen., n. sp. Schwartz 2006
Schwartz 2006
Mammalia - Dasyuromorphia - Thylacinidae
Nimbacinus richi n. sp. Murray and Megirian 2000
Murray and Megirian 2000
Reptilia - Testudines - Chelidae
Birlimarr gaffneyi n. gen., n. sp. Megirian and Murray 1999
Megirian and Murray 1999
NTM P9215-1 - holotype
see common names

Geography
Country:Australia State/province:Northern Territory
Coordinates: 17.1° South, 131.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:26.1° South, 128.2° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Middle Miocene
Age range of interval:15.98000 - 11.63000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Camfield Beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some genera
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Northern Territory Museum collection
Metadata
Also known as:Bullock Creek
Database number:106503
Authorizer:J. Alroy, P. Mannion, G. Lloyd Enterer:J. Alroy, P. Mannion, A. Garcia Selles, G. Lloyd
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2011-03-22 17:40:42 Last modified:2011-03-22 01:40:42
Access level:the public Released:2011-03-22 17:40:42
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
35585. L. R. S. Schwartz and D. Megirian. 2004. A New Species of Nambaroo (Marsupialia; Macropodoidea) from the Miocene Camfield Beds of Northern Australia with Observations on the Phylogeny of the Balbarinae. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 24(3):668-675 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]

Secondary references:

75252 K. H. Black, K. J. Travouillon, W. Den Boer, B. P. Kear, B. N. Cooke and M. Archer. 2014. A new species of the basal "kangaroo" Balbaroo and a re-evaluation of stem macropodiform interrelationships. PLoS ONE 9:e112705. [G. Lloyd/G. Lloyd]
63465 I. J. Maniel and M. S. de la Fuente. 2016. A Review of the Fossil Record of Turtles of the Clade Pan-Chelidae. Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 57(2):191-227 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
64218 D. Megirian and P. Murray. 1999. Chelid turtles (Pleurodira, Chelidae) from the Miocene Camfield Beds, Northern Territory of Australia, with a description of a new genus and species. Beagle: Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory 15:75-130 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]
43033 P. Murray and D. Megirian. 2000. Two new genera and three new species of Thylacinidae (Marsupialia) from the Miocene of the Northern Territory, Australia. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Arl Galleries of the Northern Terrilory 16:145-162 [J. Alroy/A. Garcia Selles]
44014 L. R. S. Schwartz. 2006. Miralinidae (Marsupialia: Phalangeroidea) from northern Australia, including the youngest occurrence of the family. Alcheringa 30(2):343-350 [J. Alroy/A. Garcia Selles]