McEachern's Cave (Pleistocene of Australia)

Also known as near Nelson

Where: Victoria, Australia (38.0° S, 141.0° E: paleocoordinates 38.7° S, 140.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: South Australian Museum (SAM)

Primary reference: J. H. Hope and H. E. Wilkinson. 1982. Warendja wakefieldi, a new genus of wombat (Maruspialia , Vombatidae) from Pleistocene sediments in McEacherns Cave, western Victoria. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria 43:109-120 [J. Alroy/A. Garcia Selles]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 136221: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Albert Garcia Selles on 23.11.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Peramelemorphia - Peramelidae
Perameles sp.
Perameles sp. Geoffroy 1804 long-nosed bandicoot
 Diprotodontia -
Metasthenurus newtonae2, Simosthenurus maddocki, Simosthenurus occidentalis2, Procoptodon gilli, Procoptodon browneorum2
Metasthenurus newtonae2 Prideaux 2000 short-faced kangaroo
Simosthenurus maddocki Wells and Murray 1979 short-faced kangaroo
Simosthenurus occidentalis2 Glauert 1910 short-faced kangaroo
Procoptodon gilli Merriless 1965 short-faced kangaroo
Procoptodon browneorum2 Merriless 1968 short-faced kangaroo
 Diprotodontia - Macropodidae
"Macropus cf. giganteus" = Macropus (Macropus) giganteus
"Macropus cf. giganteus" = Macropus (Macropus) giganteus Shaw 1790 eastern grey kangaroo
 Diprotodontia - Phalangeridae
Trichosurus sp.
Trichosurus sp. Lesson 1828 brushtail possum
 Diprotodontia - Thylacoleonidae
Thylacoleo carnifex
Thylacoleo carnifex Owen 1859 diprotodont marsupial
 Diprotodontia - Phascolarctidae
Phascolarctos sp.
Phascolarctos sp. de Blainville 1816 koala
 Diprotodontia - Vombatidae
Vombatus cf. ursinus, Warendja wakefieldi1
Vombatus cf. ursinus Shaw 1800 common wombat
Warendja wakefieldi1 Hope and Wilkinson 1982 wombat
 Diprotodontia - Pseudocheiridae
Pseudocheirus sp.
Pseudocheirus sp. Ogilby 1837 ring-tailed possum
 Diprotodontia - Potoroidae
Potorous tridactylus, Bettongia sp.
Potorous tridactylus Kerr 1792 long-nosed potoroo
Bettongia sp. Gray 1837 bettong
 Dasyuromorphia - Thylacinidae
Thylacinus cynocephalus
Thylacinus cynocephalus Harris 1808 thylacine
 Dasyuromorphia - Dasyuridae
Dasyurus cf. geoffroii, Dasyurus maculatus, Sarcophilus sp., Antechinus sp.
Dasyurus cf. geoffroii Gould 1840 Western quoll
Dasyurus maculatus Kerr 1792 tiger quoll
Sarcophilus sp. Cuvier 1837 Tasmanian devil
Antechinus sp. Macleay 1841 antechinus
 Rodentia - Muridae
Rattus sp.
Rattus sp. Fischer 1803 rat
 Rodentia -
Pseudomys sp.
Pseudomys sp. Gray 1832 Australian mouse
 Monotremata - Tachyglossidae
Zaglossus cf. ramsay
1Brewer 2007; 2Prideaux 2004