Also known as 5U240
Where: South Australia, Australia (37.0° S, 140.8° E: paleocoordinates 37.7° S, 140.6° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: cave; poorly lithified, silty, sandy siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by E. H. Reed, S. J. Bourne, R.Wells, and P. Murray
Collection methods: sieve,
• Palaeontology laboratory, Naracoorte Caves World Heritage Area
Primary reference: E. H. Reed and S. J. Bourne. 2009. Pleistocene fossil vertebrate sites of the South East region of South Australia II. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 133(1):30-40 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht/T. Liebrecht]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 136076: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Albert Garcia Selles on 16.11.2012, edited by Torsten Liebrecht and Graeme Lloyd
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Amphibia | |
Amphibia indet. tetrapod | |
Mammalia | |
Megalibgwilia ramsayi Owen 1884 echidna | |
Pseudomys apodemoides Australian mouse
Pseudomys australis Australian mouse | |
Mastacomys fuscus broad-toothed rat | |
Lasiorhinus sp. Gray 1863 hairy-nosed wombat | |
Zygomaturus trilobus Macleay 1857 diprotodont marsupial
Diprotodon optatum Owen 1838 diprotodont marsupial | |
Thylacoleo carnifex Owen 1859 diprotodont marsupial | |
Phascolarctos cinereus Goldfuss 1817 koala | |
Pseudocheirus peregrinus Boddaert 1785 common ringtail possum | |
Potorous tridactylus Kerr 1792 long-nosed potoroo
Bettongia gaimardi bettong
Bettongia penicillata Gray 1837 brush-tailed bettong
Bettongia lesueur Quoy and Gaimard 1824 bettong | |
Acrobates pygmaeus Shaw 1794 feathertail glider | |
Petaurus breviceps Waterhouse 1839 sugar glider | |
Cercartetus nanus Desmarest 1818 eastern pygmy possum
Cercartetus lepidus Thomas 1888 Tasmanian pygmy possum | |
Macropus fuliginosus, "Macropus greyi" = Macropus (Notamacropus) greyi, "Procoptodon goliah" = Macropus goliah, Macropus rufogriseus, Lagorchestes leporides
Macropus fuliginosus Desmarest 1817 western grey kangaroo
"Macropus greyi" = Macropus (Notamacropus) greyi Waterhouse 1846 toolache wallaby
"Procoptodon goliah" = Macropus goliah Owen 1874 kangaroo
Macropus rufogriseus Desmarest 1817 kangaroo
Lagorchestes leporides hare-wallaby | |
Simosthenurus occidentalis, Simosthenurus maddocki, Metasthenurus newtonae, Sthenurus andersoni, Procoptodon gilli, "Procoptodon" browneorum
Simosthenurus occidentalis Glauert 1910 short-faced kangaroo
Simosthenurus maddocki Wells and Murray 1979 short-faced kangaroo
Metasthenurus newtonae Prideaux 2000 short-faced kangaroo
Sthenurus andersoni Marcus 1962 short-faced kangaroo
Procoptodon gilli Merriless 1965 short-faced kangaroo
"Procoptodon" browneorum Merriless 1968 short-faced kangaroo | |
Isoodon obesulus Shaw 1797 short-nosed bandicoot
Perameles gunnii Gray 1838 eastern barred bandicoot
Perameles bougainville Quoy and Gaimard 1824 long-nosed bandicoot | |
Thylacinus canocephalus Tasmanian wolf | |
Antechinus flavipes, Ningaui yvonnae, Sminthopsis crassicaudata, Sarcophilus laniarius, Dasyurus viverrinus, Dasyurus maculatus
Antechinus flavipes Waterhouse 1838 Yellow-footed antechinus
Ningaui yvonnae Kitchener et al. 1983 Southern ningaui
Sminthopsis crassicaudata Gould 1844 fat-tailed dunnart
Sarcophilus laniarius Owen 1838 Tasmanian devil
Dasyurus viverrinus Shaw 1800 eastern quoll
Dasyurus maculatus Kerr 1792 tiger quoll | |
Reptilia | |
Chelidae indet. Gray 1825 sideneck turtle | |
Elapidae indet. Boié 1827 snake | |
Tiliqua rugosa skink
Egernia whitii skink | |
"Pogona barbata" = Amphibolurus barbatus
"Pogona barbata" = Amphibolurus barbatus Cuvier 1829 squamates | |
Varanus sp. Merrem 1820 monitor lizard | |
Aves | |
Turnix sp. Bonnaterre 1791 buttonquail | |
Pedionomus torquatus Gould 1841 plains-wanderer | |
Dromaius novaehollandiae Latham 1790 Common emu | |
Leipoa gallinacea malleefowl |