Also known as Warburton River
Where: South Australia, Australia (27.9° S, 138.0° E: paleocoordinates 27.9° S, 138.0° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Katipiri Formation, Middle Pleistocene to Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: fluvial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Collected by John W. Gregory in April 1902 (de Vis 1905).
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 136143: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Albert Garcia Selles on 20.11.2012, edited by Katrin Eckardt
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Aves | |
"Taphaetus lacertosus n. gen. n. sp." = Cryptogyps lacertosus
"Taphaetus lacertosus n. gen. n. sp." = Cryptogyps lacertosus De Vis 1905 hawk Lectotype: QM F5507, distal R humerus
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Mammalia | |
Sthenurus stirlingi Wells and Tedford 1995 short-faced kangaroo
Sthenurus andersoni Marcus 1962 short-faced kangaroo |