Seton Rock Shelter (Pleistocene of Australia)
Where: South Australia, Australia (36.0° S, 137.1° E: paleocoordinates 36.0° S, 137.1° E)
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: cave; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: bulk,
Primary reference: J. H. Hope, R. J. Lampert, E. Edmondson, M. J. Smith, and G. F. Van Tets. 1977. Late Pleistocene Faunal Remains from Seton Rock Shelter, Kangaroo Island, South Australia. Journal of Biogeography 4(4):363-385 [M. Uhen/A. Graur/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 181314: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Alex Graur on 06.09.2016
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Aves | |
"Gallinula ventralis" = Tribonyx ventralis, "Gallinula mortierii" = Tribonyx mortierii, Porzana fluminea, "Rallus pectoralis" = Lewinia pectoralis, "Rallus philippensis" = Gallirallus philippensis
"Gallinula ventralis" = Tribonyx ventralis Gould 1837 black-tailed nativehen
"Gallinula mortierii" = Tribonyx mortierii Du Bus de Gisignies 1840 Tasmanian nativehen
Porzana fluminea Gould 1843 Australian crake
"Rallus pectoralis" = Lewinia pectoralis Temminck 1831 Lewin's rail
"Rallus philippensis" = Gallirallus philippensis Linnaeus 1766 buff-banded rail | |
Lathamus discolor Shaw 1790 swift parrot
Pezoporus wallicus Kerr 1792 ground parrot | |
Ocyphaps lophotes Temminck 1822 crested pigeon | |
Anseranas semipalmata Latham 1798 magpie goose | |
Anas castanea Eyton 1838 chestnut teal
Anas superciliosa Gmelin 1789 Pacific black duck
Malacorhynchus membranaceus Latham 1801 Pink-eared duck
Tadorna tadornoides Jardine and Selby 1828 Australian shelduck | |
Hirundo tahitica Gmelin 1789 Pacific swallow
Petrochelidon nigricans Vieillot 1817 tree martin | |
Gymnorhina tibicen Latham 1801 Australian magpie
Strepera versicolor Latham 1801 gray currawong
Strepera graculina Shaw 1790 pied currawong | |
"Cincloramphus cruralis" = Megalurus cruralis
"Cincloramphus cruralis" = Megalurus cruralis Vigors and Horsfield 1827 brown songlark | |
Corvus sp. Linnaeus 1758 crow | |
Grallina cyanoleuca Latham 1801 magpie-lark | |
Threskiornis molucca Cuvier 1829 Australian ibis | |
Puffinus sp. Brisson 1760 shearwater
Pachyptila cf. salvini Mathews 1912 Salvin's prion | |
Falco berigora Vigors and Horsfield 1827 Brown falcon | |
Coturnix pectoralis Gould 1837 stubble quail | |
Gallinago hardwickii Gray 1831 Latham's snipe | |
"Sterna nereis" = Sternula nereis, "Larus novaehollandiae" = Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
"Sterna nereis" = Sternula nereis Gould 1843 fairy tern
"Larus novaehollandiae" = Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae Stephens 1826 silver gull | |
Turnix velox, "Turnix varia" = Turnix varius
Turnix velox Gould 1841 little buttonquail
"Turnix varia" = Turnix varius Lathum 1802 painted buttonquail | |
"Burhinus magnirostris" = Esacus magnirostris
"Burhinus magnirostris" = Esacus magnirostris Vieillot 1818 beach thick-knee | |
Hieraaetus morphnoides Gould 1841 little eagle | |
Reptilia | |
Varanus sp. Merrem 1820 monitor lizard | |
Amphibolurus spp. Wagler 1830 squamates | |
Mammalia | |
Pseudomys occidentalis Australian mouse
Pseudomys australis Australian mouse | |
Sminthopsis spp. Thomas 1887 dunnart
Sarcophilus harisii Tasmanian devil
Dasyurus geoffroii Gould 1840 Western quoll
Dasyurus maculatus Kerr 1792 tiger quoll
Antechinus flavipes Waterhouse 1838 Yellow-footed antechinus | |
Isoodon obesulus Shaw 1797 short-nosed bandicoot
Perameles indet. Geoffroy 1804 long-nosed bandicoot
Perameles bougainville Quoy and Gaimard 1824 long-nosed bandicoot | |
Lasiorhinus latifrons Owen 1845 southern hairy-nosed wombat | |
Sthenurus gilli short-faced kangaroo | |
Cercartetus lepidus Thomas 1888 Tasmanian pygmy possum | |
Trichosurus vulpecula Kerr 1792 common brushtail possum | |
Potorous platyops Gould 1844 potoroo
Bettongia lesueur Quoy and Gaimard 1824 bettong
Bettongia penicillata Gray 1837 brush-tailed bettong | |
Lagorchestes leporides, Megaleia rufa, Macropus fuliginosus, Macropus rufogriseus, "Macropus greyi" = Macropus (Notamacropus) greyi
Lagorchestes leporides hare-wallaby
Megaleia rufa kangaroo
Macropus fuliginosus Desmarest 1817 western grey kangaroo
Macropus rufogriseus Desmarest 1817 kangaroo
"Macropus greyi" = Macropus (Notamacropus) greyi Waterhouse 1846 toolache wallaby |