Kalamurina: Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene, Australia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Diprotodontia
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Sthenurus andersoni
Marcus 1962
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Sthenurus stirlingi
Wells and Tedford 1995
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
- Accipitridae
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Taphaetus lacertosus n. gen., n. sp.
(De Vis 1905)
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Marther et al. 2022 | |||||||||
| recombined as Cryptogyps lacertosus | ||||||||||
| Lectotype: QM F5507, distal R humerus | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Australia | State/province: | South Australia |
| Coordinates: | 27.9° South, 138.0° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 27.9° South, 138.0° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.77400 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Katipiri |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Lithology description: "The fossils are assumed to have derived from fluvial sediments that outcrop in the banks of the river at this point." (Marther et al., 2022) | |
| Environment: | fluvial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Collected by John W. Gregory in April 1902 (de Vis 1905). | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Warburton River | ||
| Database number: | 136143 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, E. Dunne | Enterer: | A. Garcia Selles, K. Eckardt |
| Modifier: | K. Eckardt | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-11-20 13:11:24 | Last modified: | 2023-11-16 06:18:06 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-11-20 13:11:24 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 36547. | G. J. Prideaux. 2004. Systematics and evolution of the sthenurine kangaroos. In S. W. Awramik, A. Barnosky, J. A. Doyle, M. L. Droser, P. M. Sadler (eds.), UC Publications in Geological Sciences, University of California Press 146:1-623 [G. Prideaux/G. Gully/T. Liebrecht] |
Secondary references:
| 86480 | E.K. Marther, M.S.Y. Lee, and T.H. Worthy. 2022. A new look at an old Australian raptor places “Taphaetus” lacertosus de Vis 1905 in the Old World vultures (Accipitridae: Aegypiinae). Zootaxa 5168(1):1-23 [E. Dunne/K. Eckardt] |