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Moorna Sandstone, New South Wales, Australia

Formation	Moorna Sandstone
Age:	2.59 - 0.78 Ma Pleistocene
Interval	Early Pleistocene
Number of Collections	1
Number of Occurrences	8

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
Fisherman's Cliff	New South Wales, Australia	Moorna Sandstone

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Dasyuridae family	5	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Dasyuromorphia : Dasyuridae	2.588 - 0.781 Ma Pleistocene
Dasyuroides sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Dasyuromorphia : Dasyuridae : *Dasyuroides*	2.588 - 0.781 Ma Pleistocene
Dasyurus hallucatus species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Dasyuromorphia : Dasyuridae : Dasyurus : *Dasyurus hallucatus*	2.588 - 0.781 Ma Pleistocene
Sarcophilus moornaensis species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Dasyuromorphia : Dasyuridae : Sarcophilus : *Sarcophilus moornaensis*	2.588 - 0.781 Ma Pleistocene
Diprotodon sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Diprotodontia : Diprotodontidae : *Diprotodon*	2.588 - 0.781 Ma Pleistocene
Macropodidae family	5	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Diprotodontia : Macropodidae	2.588 - 0.781 Ma Pleistocene
Sthenurus tindalei species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Diprotodontia : Macropodidae : Sthenurus : *Sthenurus tindalei*	2.588 - 0.781 Ma Pleistocene
Lasiorhinus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Diprotodontia : Vombatidae : *Lasiorhinus*	2.588 - 0.781 Ma Pleistocene

References

Archer M. (1982) Review of the dasyurid (Marsupialia) fossil record, integration of data bearing on phylogenetic interpretation, and suprageneric classification, Carnivorous Marsuliaps 2, 397-443

Archer M., Rich T. H. (1982) Results of the Ray E. Lemley expeditions. Wakaleo alcootaensis n. sp. (Thylacoleonidae, Marsupialia, A new marsupial lion from the Miocene of the Northern Territory with a consideration of early radiation in the family, Carnivorous Marsupials 2, 495-510

Whitelaw M. J. (1990) Magnetic polarity stratigraphy of the Fisherman's Cliff and Bone Gulch vertebrate fossil faunas from the Murray Basin, New South Wales, Australia, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 104, 417-423

Prideaux G. J. (2004) Systematics and evolution of the sthenurine kangaroos, UC Publications in Geological Sciences, University of California Press 146, 1-623

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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