Tara Creek: Pliocene, Australia
collected by J. R. Chisholm

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Diprotodontidae
Diprotodontidae indet. Gill 1872
Willis and Molnar 1997
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionyx australiensis n. sp. De Vis 1894
Gaffney and Bartholomai 1979 7 specimens
nomen dubium belonging to Trionychidae
QM F1101A (lectotype). QM F1101B-G (syntypes)
Reptilia - Testudines - Chelidae
Chelodina insculpta De Vis 1897
Reptilia
Crocodylus nathani n. sp. Longman 1924
Molnar 1982
synonym of Crocodylus porosus
QM F1513 - lectotype (anterior portion of left dentary); 2 fragments of dentaries (QM F 1513 and 11609), other cranial elements
Pallimnarchus gracilis Willis and Molnar 1997
Willis and Molnar 1997
recombined as Paludirex gracilis
QM F1512 (left dentary) and QM F 1513 (left dentary); previously included in Crocodilus nathani type
see common names

Geography
Country:Australia State/province:Queensland
Coordinates: 21.4° South, 140.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:24.2° South, 139.8° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Pliocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Pliocene
Age range of interval:5.33300 - 2.58800 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Lithology description: Head of Tara Creek, a tributary of the Clark River, by Maryvale Creek, North Queensland
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:J. R. Chisholm
Metadata
Database number:138404
Authorizer:P. Mannion, R. Butler Enterer:J. Tennant, P. Mannion, R. Butler
Modifier:J. Tennant Research group:vertebrate
Created:2013-01-17 01:57:54 Last modified:2017-05-23 16:34:15
Access level:the public Released:2013-01-17 01:57:54
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

44309. H. A. Longman. 1924. Some Queensland fossil vertebrates. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 8(1):16-28 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

57504 E. S. Gaffney and A. Bartholomai. 1979. Fossil trionychids of Australia. Journal of Paleontology 53(3):1354-1360 [R. Butler/R. Butler]
46781 R. E. Molnar. 1982. Pallimnarchus and other Cenozoic crocodiles of Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 20(3):657-673 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
46622 P. M. A. Willis and R. E. Molnar. 1997. A review of the Plio-Pleistocene crocodilian genus Pallimnarchus. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 117:224-242 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]