Blanche Cave (Pleistocene of Australia)
Also known as 5U4, 5U5, 5U6; Naracoorte Caves World Heritage Area
Where: South Australia, Australia (37.0° S, 140.8° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: cave; poorly lithified, silty, sandy siliciclastic sediments
• karstic cave in Oligocene to Miocene limestones; for further details see Forbes & Bestland (2007, p. 371-373)
• According to Forbes & Bestland (2007, p. 373) the fossiliferous cave sediments are “red silts overlain by yellow sands that are, in turn, capped by darker, organic-rich silts and sands. [...] Various clasts of weathered limestone, calcrete, charcoal, and bone are found throughout the three deposits [...]”.
Size class: macrofossils
Collected in the 1970s
Collection methods: sieve,
• South Australia Museum (SAM)
•Flinders University, Adelaide, vertebrate paleontology collection
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 136072: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Albert Garcia Selles on 16.11.2012, edited by Torsten Liebrecht
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
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| Amphibia | |
"Crinia signifera" = Ranidella signifera, Limnodynastes tasmaniensis
"Crinia signifera" = Ranidella signifera Girard 1853 frog
Limnodynastes tasmaniensis Günther 1858 spotted marsh frog | |
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Litoria ewingi Duméril and Bibron 1841 southern brown tree frog | |
| Reptilia | |
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Egernia whitii skink
Tiliqua rugosa skink | |
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Austrelaps superbus Günther 1858 copperhead snake | |
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Rankinia diemensis Gray 1841 mountain dragon
Tympanocryptis lineata Peters 1864 squamates | |
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Coturnix pectoralis Gould 1837 stubble quail | |
| Aves | |
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Turnix velox Gould 1841 little buttonquail | |
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Pedionomus torquatus Gould 1841 plains-wanderer | |
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Pluvialis squatarola Linnaeus 1758 black-bellied plover
Charadrius bicinctus Jardine and Selby 1827 double-banded plover | |
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Corvus sp. Linnaeus 1758 crow | |
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Gymnorhina tibicen Latham 1801 Australian magpie | |
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Hirundo neoxena Gould 1842 welcome swallow | |
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"Gallinula mortierii" = Tribonyx mortierii Du Bus de Gisignies 1840 Tasmanian nativehen
Porzana fluminea Gould 1843 Australian crake
Gallirallus philippensis Linnaeus 1766 buff-banded rail | |
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Neophema indet. Salvadori 1891 parrot | |
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Pezoporus wallicus Kerr 1792 ground parrot
Platycercus sp. Vigors 1825 parrot | |
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Tyto alba Scopoli 1769 barn owl
Tyto novaehollandiae Stephens 1826 Australian masked-owl | |
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Aegotheles cristatus Shaw 1790 Australian owlet-nightjar | |
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Podargus strigoides Latham 1801 Tawny frogmouth | |
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Anas superciliosa Gmelin 1789 Pacific black duck | |
| Mammalia | |
Macropus rufogriseus, "Macropus giganteus" = Macropus (Macropus) giganteus, Lagorchestes leporides, Protemnodon brehus
Macropus rufogriseus Desmarest 1817 kangaroo
"Macropus giganteus" = Macropus (Macropus) giganteus Shaw 1790 eastern grey kangaroo
Lagorchestes leporides hare-wallaby
Protemnodon brehus Owen 1874 kangaroo | |
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Pseudocheirus peregrinus Boddaert 1785 common ringtail possum | |
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Potorous platyops Gould 1844 potoroo
Bettongia lesueur Quoy and Gaimard 1824 bettong | |
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Cercartetus lepidus Thomas 1888 Tasmanian pygmy possum
Cercartetus nanus Desmarest 1818 eastern pygmy possum | |
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Petaurus breviceps Waterhouse 1839 sugar glider | |
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Acrobates pygmaeus Shaw 1794 feathertail glider | |
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Trichosurus vulpecula Kerr 1792 common brushtail possum | |
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Sthenurus andersoni Marcus 1962 short-faced kangaroo
Procoptodon gilli Merriless 1965 short-faced kangaroo
"Procoptodon" browneorum Merriless 1968 short-faced kangaroo | |
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Perameles gunnii Gray 1838 eastern barred bandicoot
Isoodon obesulus Shaw 1797 short-nosed bandicoot | |
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Thylacinus cynocephalus Harris 1808 thylacine | |
Ningaui yvonnae, Antechinus flavipes, Phascogale tapoatafa, Dasyurus viverrinus, Sminthopsis crassicaudata, Sminthopsis murina
Ningaui yvonnae Kitchener et al. 1983 Southern ningaui
Antechinus flavipes Waterhouse 1838 Yellow-footed antechinus
Phascogale tapoatafa Meyer 1793 brush-tailed phascogale
Dasyurus viverrinus Shaw 1800 eastern quoll
Sminthopsis crassicaudata Gould 1844 fat-tailed dunnart
Sminthopsis murina Waterhouse 1837 Slender-tailed dunnart | |
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Vespertilionidae indet. Gray 1821 vesper bat | |
Conilurus albipes, Pseudomys apodemoides, Pseudomys australis, Pseudomys cf. gouldii, Pseudomys shortridgei, Pseudomys sp.
Conilurus albipes rabbit rat
Pseudomys apodemoides Australian mouse
Pseudomys australis Australian mouse
Pseudomys cf. gouldii Australian mouse
Pseudomys shortridgei Australian mouse
Pseudomys sp. Gray 1832 Australian mouse | |
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Mastacomys fuscus broad-toothed rat
Notomys mitchelli hopping mouse
Rattus fuscipes rat
Rattus lutreolus rat | |