Bookmark Cliffs (Pliocene of Australia)
Where: South Australia, Australia (34.2° S, 140.7° E: paleocoordinates 36.3° S, 140.2° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Parilla Sand Formation, Piacenzian (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)
Environment/lithology: fluvial; sandstone
• Probably Parilla Sand, which is of fluvial origin and dated as Upper Pliocene in age
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: T. H. Worthy and N. S. Pledge. 2007. A shelduck (Anatidae: Tadorna) from the Pliocene of South Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 131(1):107-115 [M. Uhen/L. Petruny/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 192894: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 24.04.2018
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Aves | |
Tadorna cf. tadornoides Jardine and Selby 1828 Australian shelduck |