UCMP Locality V-6213: Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene, Australia
collected by South Australian Museum and University of California 1971
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Meiolaniidae
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Meiolaniidae indet.
Lydekker 1887
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Gaffney 1996 | |||||||||
| UCMP 84682, cervical rib | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Australosuchus clarkae
Willis and Molnar 1991
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Willis and Molnar 1991 | |||||||||
| UCMP 88192 (jugal and quadratojugal) and UCMP 71396 (left premaxilla and maxilla) | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Diprotodontia
- Potoroidae
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Wakiewakie lawsoni n. gen., n. sp.
Woodburne 1984
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Geography
| Country: | Australia | State/province: | South Australia | County: | Far North |
| Coordinates: | 28.3° South, 138.3° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 41.1° South, 134.2° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene |
| Age range of interval: | 27.82000 - 15.98000 m.y. ago |
| Age estimate: | 12 Ma (unknown) |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | fluvial-lacustrine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some genera | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | South Australian Museum and University of California | Collection dates: | 1971 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | UCR RV-7231, eastern side of Lake Ngapakaldi | ||
| Database number: | 135688 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, P. Mannion, E. Vlachos | Enterer: | A. Garcia Selles, E. Vlachos, P. Mannion |
| Modifier: | T. Liebrecht | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-11-02 12:00:08 | Last modified: | 2016-04-06 08:14:03 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-11-02 12:00:08 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 43245. | M. O. Woodburne. 1984. Wakiewakie lawsoni, a New Genus and Species of Potoroinae (Marsupialia: Macropodidae) of Medial Miocene Age, South Australia. Journal of Paleontology 58(4):1062-1073 [J. Alroy/A. Garcia Selles] |
Secondary references:
| 62164 | E. S. Gaffney. 1996. The postcranial morphology of Meiolania platyceps and a review of the Meiolanidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 229:1-172 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] | |
| 46444 | P. M. A. Willis and R. E. Molnar. 1991. A new Middle Tertiary crocodile from Lake Palankarinna, South Australia. Records of The South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 25:39-55 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |