Leaena's Breath Cave (Pleistocene of Australia)

Where: Western Australia, Australia (30.9° S, 130.5° E: paleocoordinates 31.6° S, 130.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the WAM

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 136113: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Albert Garcia Selles on 19.11.2012, edited by Graeme Lloyd

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Diprotodontia -
Sthenurus andersoni Marcus 1962 short-faced kangaroo
Metasthenurus newtonae Prideaux 2000 short-faced kangaroo
Aves
 Galliformes - Megapodiidae
Progura campestris n. sp. Shute et al. 2017 megapode
WAM 15.9.5, WAM 15.9.16, 15.9.17, 15.9.18, 15.9.27, 15.9.28, 15.9.29, 15.9.30, 7 cervical vertebrae; WAM 15.9.13, dL humerus; WAM 15.9.14, pL humerus; WAM 15.9.15, pR humerus; WAM 15.9.32, L os carpi ulnare; WAM 15.9.9, R carpometacarpus; WAM 15.9.8, R coracoid; WAM 15.9.11, L tarsometatarsus; WAM 15.9.12, pR tarsometatarsus; WAM 15.9.1, dL tarsometatarsus; WAM 15.9.7, pL tarsometatarsus; WAM 15.9.31, phalanx I.1, L and R
Leipoa ocellata Gould 1840 malleefowl
WAM 15.9.2
Latagallina olsoni n. gen. n. sp. Shute et al. 2017 megapode
WAM 15.9.6, WAM 15.9.3, WAM 15.9.4