Cooper Creek (including Katipiri Waterhole (= Site 9) & Wurdulumankula) (Pleistocene of Australia)

Also known as Malkuni Fauna

Where: South Australia, Australia (27.8° S, 140.7° E: paleocoordinates 27.8° S, 140.7° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Katipiri Formation, Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• Late Pleistocene age, between 132-108Ka (Callen and Nanson 1992; Nanson et al. 1992; Maroulis et al. 2007; Cohen et al. 2010; Heather et al. 2010)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. A. Stirton. 1961. Cenozoic stratigraphy and vertebrate paleontology of the Tirari Desert, South Australia. Records of the South Australia Museum 14:19-61 [J. Hunter/J. Hunter/J. Hunter]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 13319: authorized by John Hunter, entered by John Hunter on 20.02.2002, edited by Albert Garcia Selles, Philip Mannion and Mark Uhen

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Taxonomic list

Aves
 Casuariiformes - Casuariidae
Dromaius sp.2 Vieillot 1816 emu
 Pelecaniformes - Pelecanidae
"Pelecanus conspicillatus" = Pelecanus conspicillatus1, "Pelecanus grandiceps" = Pelecanus conspicillatus1
"Pelecanus conspicillatus" = Pelecanus conspicillatus1 Temminck 1824 Australian pelican
"Pelecanus grandiceps" = Pelecanus conspicillatus1 Temminck 1824 Australian pelican
Reptilia
 Crocodylia -
Pallimnarchus pollens4 De Vis 1886 crocodilian
Flinders University: P25086 & 25087 (two teeth)
Mammalia
 Diprotodontia -
Procoptodon rapha3 Owen 1874 short-faced kangaroo
Sthenurus tindalei3 Tedford 1966 short-faced kangaroo