Tara Creek: Pliocene, Australia
collected by J. R. Chisholm
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Diprotodontia
- Diprotodontidae
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Diprotodontidae indet.
Gill 1872
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Willis and Molnar 1997 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Trionyx australiensis n. sp.
De Vis 1894
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Gaffney and Bartholomai 1979 | 7 specimens | ||||||||
nomen dubium belonging to Trionychidae | ||||||||||
QM F1101A (lectotype). QM F1101B-G (syntypes) | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Chelidae
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Chelodina insculpta
De Vis 1897
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Reptilia
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Crocodylus nathani n. sp.
Longman 1924
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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
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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] |