Also known as Nettle Cave of the Jenolan Caves Reserve on the Gread Dividing Ridge
Where: New South Wales, Australia (33.8° S, 150.0° E: paleocoordinates 33.8° S, 150.0° E)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: cave; carbonate and brown, sandy claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: D. A. Morris, M. L. Augee, D. Gillieson and J. Head. 1997. Analysis of a late Quaternary deposit and small mammal fauna from Nettle Cave, Jenolan, New South Wales. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 117:135-161 [M. Uhen/J. Joo/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 181897: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Joshua Joo on 07.10.2016
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Conilurus albipes rabbit rat | |
Mus musculus Linnaeus 1758 house mouse
Rattus fuscipes rat
Rattus rattus Linnaeus 1758 black rat
Mastacomys fuscus broad-toothed rat | |
Pseudomys oralis, Pseudomys gracilicaudatus, Pseudomys australis, Pseudomys novaehollandiae, Pseudomys fumeus
Pseudomys oralis Australian mouse
Pseudomys gracilicaudatus Australian mouse
Pseudomys australis Australian mouse
Pseudomys novaehollandiae Australian mouse
Pseudomys fumeus Australian mouse | |
Oryctolagus cuniculus Linnaeus 1758 European rabbit | |
Isoodon obesulus Shaw 1797 short-nosed bandicoot
Perameles nasuta Geoffroy 1804 long-nosed bandicoot | |
Antechinus swainsonii, Antechinus flavipes, Antechinus stuartii, Phascogale tapoatafa, Dasyurus viverrinus, Sminthopsis murina
Antechinus swainsonii Waterhouse 1840 Dusky antechinus
Antechinus flavipes Waterhouse 1838 Yellow-footed antechinus
Antechinus stuartii Macleay 1841 Brown antechinus
Phascogale tapoatafa Meyer 1793 brush-tailed phascogale
Dasyurus viverrinus Shaw 1800 eastern quoll
Sminthopsis murina Waterhouse 1837 Slender-tailed dunnart | |
Petauroides volans Kerr 1792 ringtail possum
Pseudocheirus peregrinus Boddaert 1785 common ringtail possum | |
Potorous tridactylus Kerr 1792 long-nosed potoroo
Bettongia sp. Gray 1837 bettong | |
Burramys parvus Broom 1896 mountain pygmy possum
Cercartetus nanus Desmarest 1818 eastern pygmy possum
Cercartetus lepidus Thomas 1888 Tasmanian pygmy possum | |
Acrobates pygmaeus Shaw 1794 feathertail glider | |
Petaurus breviceps Waterhouse 1839 sugar glider | |
Thylogale thetis Lesson 1828 Red-necked pademelon |