Sunlands Pumping Station: Messinian - Piacenzian, Australia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Thecostraca - Balanomorpha - Balanidae
Balanidae indet. Leach 1817
Malacostraca
Malacostraca indet. (Latreille 1802)
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Lepraliellidae
Cellepora ? gambierensis Tenison-Woods 1860
recombined as Celleporaria gambierensis
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Phidoloporidae
Retepora sp.
synonym of Reteporella
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Spondylidae
Spondylus spondyloides
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Chlamys polyaktinos (Ludbrook 1955)
recombined as Austrohinnites polyaktinos
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Muricidae indet. Rafinesque 1815
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
Scalidae indet. Adams and A 1853
synonym of Epitoniidae
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799
Mammalia - Sirenia - Dugongidae
cf. Dugong sp. Lacépède 1799
Pledge 2006
Mammalia - Cetacea - Delphinidae
? Delphinidae indet. Gray 1821
Fitzgerald 2004
cf. Steno sp. Gray 1846
Mammalia - Cetacea
Mysticeti indet. Cope 1891
Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Macropodidae
Dorcopsis sp. Schlegel and Müller 1845
Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Diprotodontidae
? Zygomaturus sp. Owen 1858
Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Phascolarctidae
Phascolarctos maris Pledge 1987
Fitzgerald 2004
Actinopteri - Tetraodontiformes - Monacanthidae
Monacanthidae indet.
Actinopteri - Tetraodontiformes - Diodontidae
Diodon formosus Chapman and Pritchard 1907
Actinopteri - Labriformes - Labridae
cf. Labroidei indet. Cuvier 1816
corrected as Labridae
Chondrichthyes - Heterodontiformes - Heterodontidae
Heterodontus cf. cainozoicus Pledge 1985
Chondrichthyes - Squalomorphii - Pristiophoridae
Pristiophorus lanceolatus (Davis 1888)
recombined as Pristiophorus lanceolata
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae
Galeorhinus cf. australis
Mustelus sp.
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Sphyrnidae
cf. Sphyrna sp. Rafinesque 1810
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
Galeocerdo aduncus (Agassiz 1835)
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Carcharhinus cf. brachyurus (Gunther 1870)
Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Orectolobidae
Orectolobus gippslandicus
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Lamna cf. cattica (Philippi 1846)
recombined as Carcharoides catticus
Isurus hastalis (Agassiz 1838)
recombined as Carcharodon hastalis
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae
cf. Carcharodon megalodon (Agassiz 1835)
recombined as Otodus megalodon
Measured in Pimiento and Balk from the BMNH
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Odontaspis cf. acutissima (Agassiz 1843)
recombined as Carcharias acutissimus
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
cf. Myliobatis sp. Cuvier 1816
Echinoidea - Cidaroidea
Cidaroidea indet. Claus 1880
Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Clypeasteridae
Monostychia indet. Laube 1869
Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Loveniidae
Lovenia woodsi
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]