Mandu Mandu Creek rockshelter (Holocene of Australia)

Where: Western Australia, Australia (22.1° S, 113.9° E: paleocoordinates 22.1° S, 113.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• Unit 1

Environment/lithology: cave; unlithified, fine-grained, medium, brown, gray sandstone

• lenses of dark greyish brown (10YR 4/2) fine to medium sands

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: anthropogenic

Primary reference: K. Morse. 1988. Mandu Mandu Creek Rockshelter: Pleistocene Human Coastal Occupation of North West Cape, Western Australia. Archaeology in Oceania 23(3):81-88 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: archaeological analysis

PaleoDB collection 191983: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 26.02.2018

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Mollusca indet., Choerodon sp., Osteichthyes indet., Zyzomys pedunculatus
Reptilia
 Testudines - Cheloniidae
? Chelonia mydas
? Chelonia mydas Linnaeus 1758 green turtle
Mammalia
 Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
Eptesicus punilus
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Capra hircus
Capra hircus Linnaeus 1758 domestic goat
 Rodentia - Muridae
Muridae indet., Rattus tunneyi
Muridae indet. Illiger 1811 mouse
 Rodentia -
Pseudomys nanus
Pseudomys nanus Australian mouse
 Peramelemorphia - Peramelidae
"? Isodon auratus" = Isoodon
"? Isodon auratus" = Isoodon short-nosed bandicoot
 Diprotodontia - Potoroidae
Bettongia lesueur
Bettongia lesueur Quoy and Gaimard 1824 bettong
 Diprotodontia - Macropodidae
Macropodidae indet., Macropus sp., "Petrogale sp." = Macropus (Petrogale), "Macropus robustus" = Macropus (Osphranter) robustus
Macropodidae indet. Gray 1821 kangaroo
Macropus sp. Shaw 1790 kangaroo
"Petrogale sp." = Macropus (Petrogale) Gray 1837 rock wallaby
"Macropus robustus" = Macropus (Osphranter) robustus Gould 1841 eastern wallaroo
Actinopteri
 Labriformes - Scaridae
Scarus sp.
Scarus sp. Gronovius 1763
Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Nautilidae
Nautilus sp.
Nautilus sp. Linnaeus 1758 nautiloid
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
Tectus pyramis
Tectus pyramis Born 1778 top snail
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
Turbo (Marmarostoma) sp.
Turbo (Marmarostoma) sp. Swainson 1829 snail
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Dicathais orbita
 Cerithioidea - Potamididae
Terebralia palustris
Terebralia palustris Linnaeus 1767 horn snail
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Melo amphora
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pinctada sp.
Pinctada sp. Ršding 1798 pearl oyster
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
? Tridacna maxima
? Tridacna maxima Roeding 1798 cockle
Polyplacophora
 Chitonida - Chitonidae
Acanthopleura gemmata
Malacostraca
 Decapoda -
Brachyura indet.
Brachyura indet. Latreille 1802 crab