Waikerie, Pliocene (Pliocene of Australia)

Where: South Australia, Australia (34.2° S, 139.9° E: paleocoordinates 37.0° S, 139.2° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Loxton Formation, Early/Lower Pliocene (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: N. S. Pledge. 1992. First record of fossil sirenians in southern Australia. The Fossil Collector 37:6 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 65160: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 19.09.2006

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Taxonomic list

• Sunlands Local Fauna
Mammalia
 Sirenia - Dugongidae
? Dugong sp. Lacépède 1799 dugong