King's Creek: Pleistocene, Australia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Meiolaniidae
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Meiolania oweni n. sp.
Woodward 1888
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Woodward 1888 | |||||||||
| recombined as Ninjemys oweni | ||||||||||
| BMNH R391, skull | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Diprotodontia
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Sthenurus andersoni
Marcus 1962
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Australia | State/province: | Queensland | County: | Pilton |
| Coordinates: | 27.9° South, 151.9° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 28.6° South, 151.8° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 2.58000 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | UQ |
| Collection method comments: Queensland Museum (QM) | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 135914 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, E. Vlachos | Enterer: | A. Garcia Selles, E. Vlachos | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-11-12 12:00:02 | Last modified: | 2012-11-11 19:00:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-11-12 12:00:02 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 36547. | G. J. Prideaux. 2004. Systematics and evolution of the sthenurine kangaroos. In S. W. Awramik, A. Barnosky, J. A. Doyle, M. L. Droser, P. M. Sadler (eds.), UC Publications in Geological Sciences, University of California Press 146:1-623 [G. Prideaux/G. Gully/T. Liebrecht] |
Secondary references:
| 62167 | A. S. Woodward. 1888. Note on the extinct reptilian genera Megalania, Owen and Meiolania, Owen. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6:85-89 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] |