Where: South Australia, Australia (31.2° S, 140.2° E: paleocoordinates 46.0° S, 136.2° E)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Namba Formation, Late/Upper Oligocene (28.4 - 23.0 Ma)
• top of unnamed member 1; Beck et al. (2020): The Namba Formation has been correlated with the Etadunna Formation, which has been estimated to be 26-24 Ma old (i.e. latest Oligocene) on the basis of isotopic, foraminiferal, magnetostratigraphic and radiometric (Rb-Sr dating of illite) data. More recently, the Etadunna Formation has been proposed to be 26.1-23.6 Ma old based on a best-fit age-model of magnetostratigraphic data. The Pinpa Local Fauna is the oldest of the three distinct faunal units recovered from stratigraphic levels in the Namba Formation, and has been correlated with the oldest faunal zone (Zone A) of the Etadunna Formation, which has been dated as 25.3-24.9 Ma old (chrons 7An and 7Ar) based on magnetostratigraphy. In summary, available evidence suggests a probable age of between approximately 26 and 25 MYA for the Pinpa Local Fauna.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lacustrine; claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 51412: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 03.06.2005, edited by Albert Garcia Selles, Philip Mannion and Evangelos Vlachos
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Taxonomic list
Gnathostomata | |
Osteichthyes indet. bony fish | |
Aves | |
Passeriformes indet. Linnaeus 1758 perching bird | |
Anatidae indet., Pinpanetta tedfordi4, Pinpanetta fromensis4, Australotadorna alecwilsoni n. gen. n. sp.4
Anatidae indet. Vigors 1825 waterfowl | |
Podicipedidae indet. Bonaparte 1831 grebe | |
Rallidae indet. Vigors 1825 rail | |
Pelecanus tirarensis Miller 1966 pelican | |
Phalacrocoracidae indet. Reichenbach 1850 cormorant | |
Phoenicopteridae indet. Bonaparte 1838 flamingo | |
Burhinidae indet. Mathews 1912 stone-curlew | |
Reptilia | |
Crocodylia indet. crocodilian | |
Australosuchus clarkae3 Willis and Molnar 1991 crocodilian AMNH 12177 (premaxilla and 2 teeth) and AMNH 12200 (skull)
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"Meiolanidae indet." = Meiolaniidae1
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Emydura sp. Bonaparte 1836 sideneck turtle | |
Mammalia | |
Pilkipildra handae marsupial | |
Ilariidae indet., Ilaria illumidens n. gen. n. sp.
Ilariidae indet. Tedford and Woodburne 1987 diprotodont marsupial
Ilaria illumidens n. gen. n. sp. Tedford and Woodburne 1987 diprotodont marsupial | |
Raemeotherium yatkolai n. gen. n. sp.2
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Muramura sp. Pledge 1987 diprotodont marsupial | |
Madakoala devisi Woodburne et al. 1987 koala | |
? Macropodidae indet. Gray 1821 kangaroo | |
Chunia cf. illuminata Woodburne and Clemens 1986 diprotodont marsupial | |
Miralina cf. minor Woodburne et al. 1987 diprotodont marsupial | |
? Potoroidae indet. Gray 1821 diprotodont marsupial | |
Pildra antiquus Woodburne et al. 1987 ringtail possum | |
Petauridae indet. Bonaparte 1838 possum | |
Eurhinodelphinidae indet. Abel 1901 toothed whale | |
Obdurodon insignis Woodburne and Tedford 1975 platypus | |
Osteichthyes | |
Neoceratodus "sp. 1", Neoceratodus "sp. 2", Neoceratodus "sp. 3", Neoceratodus "sp. 4", Neoceratodus nargun, Neoceratodus eyrensis, Neoceratodus djelleh, Neoceratodus forsteri, Neoceratodus gregoryi
Neoceratodus "sp. 1" Castelnau 1876 Queensland lungfish
Neoceratodus "sp. 2" Castelnau 1876 Queensland lungfish
Neoceratodus "sp. 3" Castelnau 1876 Queensland lungfish
Neoceratodus "sp. 4" Castelnau 1876 Queensland lungfish
Neoceratodus nargun Kemp 1983 Queensland lungfish
Neoceratodus eyrensis White 1925 Queensland lungfish
Neoceratodus djelleh Kemp 1982 Queensland lungfish
Neoceratodus forsteri Krefft 1870 Queensland lungfish
Neoceratodus gregoryi White 1925 Queensland lungfish |