Bookmark Cliffs: Piacenzian, Australia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Anseriformes
- Anatidae
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Tadorna cf. tadornoides
(Jardine and Selby 1828)
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Australia | State/province: | South Australia |
| Coordinates: | 34.2° South, 140.7° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 36.3° South, 140.2° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| Stage: | Piacenzian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Piacenzian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 3.60000 - 2.58000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Parilla Sand |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | fluvial indet. |
| Geology comments: Probably Parilla Sand, which is of fluvial origin and dated as Upper Pliocene in age | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 192894 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2018-04-24 14:03:48 | Last modified: | 2018-09-28 16:09:23 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-04-24 14:03:48 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 48374. | T. H. Worthy and N. S. Pledge. 2007. A shelduck (Anatidae: Tadorna) from the Pliocene of South Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 131(1):107-115 [M. Uhen/L. Petruny/M. Uhen] |