Sunlands Pumping Station: Messinian - Piacenzian, Australia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Thecostraca
- Balanomorpha
- Balanidae
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Balanidae indet.
Leach 1817
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Malacostraca
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Malacostraca indet.
(Latreille 1802)
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Lepraliellidae
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Cellepora ? gambierensis
Tenison-Woods 1860
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recombined as Celleporaria gambierensis | ||||||||||
Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Phidoloporidae
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Retepora sp.
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synonym of Reteporella | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Spondylidae
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Spondylus spondyloides
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Chlamys polyaktinos
(Ludbrook 1955)
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recombined as Austrohinnites polyaktinos | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Muricidae indet.
Rafinesque 1815
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Gastropoda
- Epitoniidae
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Scalidae indet.
Adams and A 1853
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synonym of Epitoniidae | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella sp.
Lamarck 1799
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Mammalia
- Sirenia
- Dugongidae
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cf. Dugong sp.
Lacépède 1799
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Pledge 2006 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Delphinidae
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? Delphinidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Fitzgerald 2004 | |||||||||
cf. Steno sp.
Gray 1846
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
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Mysticeti indet.
Cope 1891
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Mammalia
- Diprotodontia
- Macropodidae
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Dorcopsis sp.
Schlegel and Müller 1845
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Mammalia
- Diprotodontia
- Diprotodontidae
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? Zygomaturus sp.
Owen 1858
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Mammalia
- Diprotodontia
- Phascolarctidae
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Phascolarctos maris
Pledge 1987
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Fitzgerald 2004 | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Tetraodontiformes
- Monacanthidae
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Monacanthidae indet.
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Actinopteri
- Tetraodontiformes
- Diodontidae
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Diodon formosus
Chapman and Pritchard 1907
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Actinopteri
- Labriformes
- Labridae
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cf. Labroidei indet.
Cuvier 1816
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corrected as Labridae | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Heterodontiformes
- Heterodontidae
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Heterodontus cf. cainozoicus
Pledge 1985
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Chondrichthyes
- Squalomorphii
- Pristiophoridae
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Pristiophorus lanceolatus
(Davis 1888)
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recombined as Pristiophorus lanceolata | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Triakidae
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Galeorhinus cf. australis
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Mustelus sp.
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Sphyrnidae
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cf. Sphyrna sp.
Rafinesque 1810
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Galeocerdidae
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Galeocerdo aduncus
(Agassiz 1835)
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Carcharhinidae
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Carcharhinus cf. brachyurus
(Gunther 1870)
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Chondrichthyes
- Orectolobiformes
- Orectolobidae
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Orectolobus gippslandicus
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Lamnidae
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Lamna cf. cattica
(Philippi 1846)
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recombined as Carcharoides catticus | ||||||||||
Isurus hastalis
(Agassiz 1838)
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recombined as Carcharodon hastalis | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Otodontidae
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cf. Carcharodon megalodon
(Agassiz 1835)
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recombined as Otodus megalodon | ||||||||||
Measured in Pimiento and Balk from the BMNH | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Carchariidae
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Odontaspis cf. acutissima
(Agassiz 1843)
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recombined as Carcharias acutissimus | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Myliobatidae
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cf. Myliobatis sp.
Cuvier 1816
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Echinoidea
- Cidaroidea
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Cidaroidea indet.
Claus 1880
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Echinoidea
- Clypeasteroida
- Clypeasteridae
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Monostychia indet.
Laube 1869
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Echinoidea
- Spatangoida
- Loveniidae
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Lovenia woodsi
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Australia | State/province: | South Australia |
Coordinates: | 34.1° South, 139.9° East (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 37.6° South, 139.0° East | ||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
Period: | Neogene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
Key time interval: | Messinian - Piacenzian |
Age range of interval: | 7.24600 - 2.58800 m.y. ago |
Age estimate: | 7.2 to 3.4 Ma (other) |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Loxton | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Age after Boessenecker et al., 2019.
Kalimnan Stage |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | yellow sandstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Environment: | fluvial indet. |
Geology comments: fluvial to lacustine |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body,original calcite,original phosphate |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | excellent |
Disassociated minor elements: | some |
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
Also known as: | Waikerie, Loxton | ||
Database number: | 50343 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | marine invertebrate,vertebrate |
Created: | 2005-05-13 06:01:45 | Last modified: | 2019-02-19 12:48:37 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-05-13 06:01:45 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
13520. | N. S. Pledge. 1985. An early Pliocene shark tooth assemblage in South Australia. South Australia Department of Mines and Energy Special Publication 5:287-299 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
13595 | R. W. Boessenecker, D. J. Eheret, D. J. Long, M. Churchill, E. Martin and S. J. Boessenecker. 2019. The Early Pliocene extinction of the mega-toothed shark Otodus megalodon: a view from the eastern North Pacific. PeerJ 7:e6088 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
13672 | E. M. G. Fitzgerald. 2004. A review of the Tertiary fossil Cetacea (Mammalia) localities in Australia. Memoirs of the Museum of Victoria 61(2):183-208 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
49081 | C. Pimiento and M. Balk. 2015. The extinct giant shark Carcharocles megalodon: A model for understanding deep-time body size trends of marine apex predators. [C. Jaramillo/C. Pimiento/C. Pimiento] | |
36305 | N. S. Pledge. 2006. Sirenians in southern Australia - first fossil record. Alcheringia SI 1:295-305 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |