Alcoota (incl. Rochow) Locality (Miocene of Australia)

Also known as Alcoota Fauna

Where: Northern Territory, Australia (23.7° S, 133.9° E: paleocoordinates 29.3° S, 132.0° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Waite Formation, Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: M. O. Woodburne. 1967. The Alcoota fauna, central Australia: an integrated paleontological and geological study. Bull. Bur. Min. Res. 87:1-187 [J. Hunter/J. Hunter/J. Hunter]more details

PaleoDB collection 13315: 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
 Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae
cf. Scolopax sp.2
cf. Scolopax sp.2 Linnaeus 1758 snipe
 Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
Accipitridae indet.2
Accipitridae indet.2 Viellot 1816 hawk
magn. Aquila audax
 Anseriformes - Anatidae
Anatidae indet.2, Awengkere magnanatis n. gen. n. sp.2
Anatidae indet.2 Vigors 1825 waterfowl
Awengkere magnanatis n. gen. n. sp.2 Worthy and Yates 2018 duck
 Ciconiiformes - Ciconiidae
Ciconiidae indet.2
Ciconiidae indet.2 Sundevall 1836 stork
Ciconiidae magn. Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus
 Suliformes - Anhingidae
Anhinga sp.2
Anhinga sp.2 Brisson 1760 darter
 Phoenicopteriformes - Phoenicopteridae
Phoenicopteridae indet.2, Phoenicopterus cf. novaehollandiae2
Phoenicopteridae indet.2 Bonaparte 1838 flamingo
Phoenicopterid magn. Phoeniconais proeses
Phoenicopterus cf. novaehollandiae2 Miller 1963 flamingo
 Casuariiformes - Casuariidae
Dromaius sp.1
Dromaius sp.1 Vieillot 1816 emu
1Patterson and Rich 1987; 2Worthy and Yates 2018