PBDB Collection

Nettle Cave (Pleistocene of Australia)

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

• The gross stratigraphy of the bone-rich sediment suggests these sediments had formed as a result of a series of deposits of air-fall debris. The dark organic layer indicates a stable surface. The sediment changed below this layer to a brown, gritty, sandy clay that contained an increased amount of charcoal and soil particles, but a reduced amount of bone. Two discrete lenses of charcoal were evident. Between these lenses was a white, calcareous, cemented layer which may represent a former water saturation level.

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

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
Peramelemorphia - Peramelidae	Perameles nasuta, Isoodon obesulus Perameles nasuta Geoffroy 1804 long-nosed bandicoot Isoodon obesulus Shaw 1797 short-nosed bandicoot
Diprotodontia - Macropodidae	Thylogale thetis Thylogale thetis Lesson 1828 Red-necked pademelon
Diprotodontia - Burramyidae	Burramys parvus, Cercartetus lepidus, Cercartetus nanus Burramys parvus Broom 1896 mountain pygmy possum Cercartetus lepidus Thomas 1888 Tasmanian pygmy possum Cercartetus nanus Desmarest 1818 eastern pygmy possum
Diprotodontia - Petauridae	Petaurus breviceps Petaurus breviceps Waterhouse 1839 sugar glider
Diprotodontia - Acrobatidae	Acrobates pygmaeus Acrobates pygmaeus Shaw 1794 feathertail glider
Diprotodontia - Pseudocheiridae	Pseudocheirus peregrinus, Petauroides volans Pseudocheirus peregrinus Boddaert 1785 common ringtail possum Petauroides volans Kerr 1792 ringtail possum
Diprotodontia - Potoroidae	Potorous tridactylus, Bettongia sp. Potorous tridactylus Kerr 1792 long-nosed potoroo Bettongia sp. Gray 1837 bettong
Dasyuromorphia - Dasyuridae	Dasyurus viverrinus, Phascogale tapoatafa, Antechinus stuartii, Antechinus flavipes, Antechinus swainsonii, Sminthopsis murina Dasyurus viverrinus Shaw 1800 eastern quoll Phascogale tapoatafa Meyer 1793 brush-tailed phascogale Antechinus stuartii Macleay 1841 Brown antechinus Antechinus flavipes Waterhouse 1838 Yellow-footed antechinus Antechinus swainsonii Waterhouse 1840 Dusky antechinus Sminthopsis murina Waterhouse 1837 Slender-tailed dunnart
Rodentia - Muridae	Mastacomys fuscus, Mus musculus, Rattus fuscipes, Rattus rattus Mastacomys fuscus broad-toothed rat Mus musculus Linnaeus 1758 house mouse Rattus fuscipes rat Rattus rattus Linnaeus 1758 black rat
Rodentia -	Pseudomys oralis, Pseudomys gracilicaudatus, Pseudomys australis, Pseudomys novaehollandiae, Pseudomys fumeus, Conilurus albipes Pseudomys oralis Australian mouse Pseudomys gracilicaudatus Australian mouse Pseudomys australis Australian mouse Pseudomys novaehollandiae Australian mouse Pseudomys fumeus Australian mouse Conilurus albipes rabbit rat
Lagomorpha - Leporidae	Oryctolagus cuniculus Oryctolagus cuniculus Linnaeus 1758 European rabbit