Lake Kanunka: Zanclean, Australia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Casuariiformes
- Casuariidae
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Dromaius sp.
Vieillot 1816
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Patterson and Rich 1987 | ||||||
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Dromaius novaehollandiae
(Latham 1790)
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Patterson and Rich 1987 | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Charadriiformes
- Charadriidae
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Vanellus liffyae n. sp.
De Pietri et al. 2018
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De Pietri et al. 2018 | 1 specimen | |||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Australia | State/province: | South Australia |
| Coordinates: | 28.8° South, 138.4° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 31.6° South, 137.6° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| Stage: | Zanclean | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| *Period: | Tertiary | *Epoch: | Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene |
| Key time interval: | Zanclean | ||
| Age range of interval: | 5.33300 - 3.60000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Tirari | Member: | Pompapillina |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | "channel" |
| Geology comments: channel fill | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 13317 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Hunter, M. Uhen | Enterer: | J. Hunter, M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | G. Varnham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2002-02-20 13:42:25 | Last modified: | 2022-05-09 08:37:28 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-02-20 13:42:25 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 6058. | P. Vickers Rich. 1975. Antarctic dispersal routes, wandering continents, and the origin of Australia's nonpasserine avifauna. Mem. Nat. Mus. Vic 36:63-126 [J. Hunter/J. Hunter/J. Hunter] |
Secondary references:
| 48150 | V. L. De Pietri, R. P. Scofield, G. J. Prideaux and T. H. Worthy. 2018. A new species of lapwing (Charadriidae: Vanellus) from the late Pliocene of central Australia. Emu - Austral Ornithology 118(4):334-343 [M. Uhen/T. Fabian/M. Uhen] | |
| 4424 | 5% 8620 | C. Patterson and P. V. Rich. 1987. The fossil history of the emus, Dromaius (Aves: Dromaiinae). Records of the South Australian Museum 25(2):85-117 [J. Hunter/J. Hunter/M. Carrano] |