Lake Kanunka (Pliocene of Australia)

Where: South Australia, Australia (28.8° S, 138.4° E: paleocoordinates 31.6° S, 137.6° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Pompapillina Member (Tirari Formation), Zanclean (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: "channel"; lithology not reported

• channel fill

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: P. Vickers Rich. 1975. Antarctic dispersal routes, wandering continents, and the origin of Australia's nonpasserine avifauna. Mem. Nat. Mus. Vic 36:63-126 [J. Hunter/J. Hunter/J. Hunter]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 13317: authorized by John Hunter, entered by John Hunter on 20.02.2002, edited by Mark Uhen

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Taxonomic list

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Aves
 Casuariiformes - Casuariidae
Dromaius sp.2, Dromaius novaehollandiae2
Dromaius sp.2 Vieillot 1816 emu
Dromaius novaehollandiae2 Latham 1790 Common emu
 Charadriiformes - Charadriidae
Vanellus liffyae n. sp.1
Vanellus liffyae n. sp.1 De Pietri et al. 2018 lapwing
1De Pietri et al. 2018; 2Patterson and Rich 1987