Cataract Gorge (Holocene of Australia)

Where: Tasmania, Australia (41.4° S, 147.1° E: paleocoordinates 41.4° S, 147.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: K. Charlton-Robb, L. Gershwin, R. Thompson, J. Austin, K. Owen and S. McKechnie. 2011. A New Dolphin Species, the Burrunan Dolphin Tursiops australis sp. nov., Endemic to Southern Australian Coastal Waters. PLoS One 6(9):e2407 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 154229: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 03.02.2014

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Delphinidae
"Tursiops maugeanus" = Tursiops truncatus
"Tursiops maugeanus" = Tursiops truncatus Gray 1866 common bottlenose dolphin