Also known as 5U4, 5U5, 5U6; Naracoorte Caves World Heritage Area
Where: South Australia, Australia (37.0° S, 140.8° E: paleocoordinates 37.0° S, 140.8° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: cave; poorly lithified, silty, sandy siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Collected in the 1970s
Collection methods: sieve,
• South Australia Museum (SAM)
•Flinders University, Adelaide, vertebrate paleontology collection
Primary reference: G. J. Prideaux. 2004. Systematics and evolution of the sthenurine kangaroos. In S. W. Awramik, A. Barnosky, J. A. Doyle, M. L. Droser, P. M. Sadler (eds.), UC Publications in Geological Sciences, University of California Press 146:1-623 [G. Prideaux/G. Gully/T. Liebrecht]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 136072: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Albert Garcia Selles on 16.11.2012, edited by Torsten Liebrecht
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Amphibia | |
"Crinia signifera" = Ranidella signifera, Limnodynastes tasmaniensis
"Crinia signifera" = Ranidella signifera Girard 1853 frog
Limnodynastes tasmaniensis Günther 1858 spotted marsh frog | |
Litoria ewingi Duméril and Bibron 1841 southern brown tree frog | |
Mammalia | |
Conilurus albipes, Pseudomys apodemoides, Pseudomys australis, Pseudomys cf. gouldii, Pseudomys shortridgei, Pseudomys sp.
Conilurus albipes rabbit rat
Pseudomys apodemoides Australian mouse
Pseudomys australis Australian mouse
Pseudomys cf. gouldii Australian mouse
Pseudomys shortridgei Australian mouse
Pseudomys sp. Gray 1832 Australian mouse | |
Vespertilionidae indet. Gray 1821 vesper bat | |
Pseudocheirus peregrinus Boddaert 1785 common ringtail possum | |
Potorous platyops Gould 1844 potoroo
Bettongia lesueur Quoy and Gaimard 1824 bettong | |
Acrobates pygmaeus Shaw 1794 feathertail glider | |
Trichosurus vulpecula Kerr 1792 common brushtail possum | |
Petaurus breviceps Waterhouse 1839 sugar glider | |
Cercartetus nanus Desmarest 1818 eastern pygmy possum
Cercartetus lepidus Thomas 1888 Tasmanian pygmy possum | |
Protemnodon brehus, "Macropus giganteus" = Macropus (Macropus) giganteus, Macropus rufogriseus, Lagorchestes leporides
Protemnodon brehus Owen 1874 kangaroo
"Macropus giganteus" = Macropus (Macropus) giganteus Shaw 1790 eastern grey kangaroo
Macropus rufogriseus Desmarest 1817 kangaroo
Lagorchestes leporides hare-wallaby | |
Sthenurus andersoni Marcus 1962 short-faced kangaroo
Procoptodon gilli Merriless 1965 short-faced kangaroo
"Procoptodon" browneorum Merriless 1968 short-faced kangaroo | |
Isoodon obesulus Shaw 1797 short-nosed bandicoot
Perameles gunnii Gray 1838 eastern barred bandicoot | |
Thylacinus cynocephalus Harris 1808 thylacine | |
Phascogale tapoatafa, Antechinus flavipes, Ningaui yvonnae, Sminthopsis crassicaudata, Sminthopsis murina, Dasyurus viverrinus
Phascogale tapoatafa Meyer 1793 brush-tailed phascogale
Antechinus flavipes Waterhouse 1838 Yellow-footed antechinus
Ningaui yvonnae Kitchener et al. 1983 Southern ningaui
Sminthopsis crassicaudata Gould 1844 fat-tailed dunnart
Sminthopsis murina Waterhouse 1837 Slender-tailed dunnart
Dasyurus viverrinus Shaw 1800 eastern quoll | |
Reptilia | |
Austrelaps superbus Günther 1858 copperhead snake | |
Tiliqua rugosa skink
Egernia whitii skink | |
Tympanocryptis lineata Peters 1864 squamates
Rankinia diemensis Gray 1841 mountain dragon | |
Aves | |
Pluvialis squatarola Linnaeus 1758 black-bellied plover
Charadrius bicinctus Jardine and Selby 1827 double-banded plover | |
Turnix velox Gould 1841 little buttonquail | |
Pedionomus torquatus Gould 1841 plains-wanderer | |
Podargus strigoides Latham 1801 Tawny frogmouth | |
Aegotheles cristatus Shaw 1790 Australian owlet-nightjar | |
Gymnorhina tibicen Latham 1801 Australian magpie | |
Hirundo neoxena Gould 1842 welcome swallow | |
Corvus sp. Linnaeus 1758 crow | |
Pezoporus wallicus Kerr 1792 ground parrot
Platycercus sp. Vigors 1825 parrot | |
Neophema indet. Salvadori 1891 parrot | |
Tyto alba Scopoli 1769 barn owl
Tyto novaehollandiae Stephens 1826 Australian masked-owl | |
"Gallinula mortierii" = Tribonyx mortierii Du Bus de Gisignies 1840 Tasmanian nativehen
Gallirallus philippensis Linnaeus 1766 buff-banded rail
Porzana fluminea Gould 1843 Australian crake | |
Anas superciliosa Gmelin 1789 Pacific black duck | |
Coturnix pectoralis Gould 1837 stubble quail |