The Mygoora Local Fauna
A late Quaternary vertebrate assemblage from central Australia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19427353 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dirk Megirian (Alice Springs Hospital), Peter Murray (0000-0002-2141-4144), Peter Kenneth Latz (Alice Springs Hospital), Ken A Johnson |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Pages | 77-93 |
| Publication date | 2002-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Beagle Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0811-3653 |
| Publisher | Biodiversity Heritage Library (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5962/p.286298 |
| OpenAlex | W2235115767 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 3 |
The Mygoora Local Fauna (new name) from Mygoora Lake, central Australia (southern Northern Territory), consists of the fossilised remains of 12 vertebrate species referrable to modern taxa.The assemblage includes eight marsupials (Bettongia lesueur, Dasycercus cristicauda, Dasyurus geojfroii, Lagorchestes hirsutus, Lasiorhinus of.latifrons.Macropits ritfits, Macrotis lagotis, and Sarcophilus harrisii), two rodents (Notomys alexis and Rattus villosissimus), and two reptiles (Varanus sp. and a pythonid, Wothrochilus sp.).Lasiorhinus sp.(hairy-nosed wombat) is a first record of the genus in the Northern Territory, while Sarcophilus harrisii (Tasmanian devil) is a first record for central Australia, both records representing extensions of prehistoric ranges for these species.Four species (Bettongia lesueur, Dasyurus geojfroii, Lagorchestes hirsutus and Macrotus lagotis ) became regionally extinct in historical times.The fauna is dominated by fossorial species, or species known to occupy existing burrows, that are typical of the Australian arid biogeographic zone.Articulated skeletal remains were preserved in burrows dug into stabilised aeolian sand, with subsequent deflation resulting in localised concentrations of durable fragments at the present land surface.An optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) date of the host aeolian sand provides a maximum age of between 12.1 ±0.5 and 9.3±0.6 ka for the assemblage.A minimum age could not be determined, but biochronological data suggest that the fauna is possibly of latest Pleistocene or early Holocene age
Biology · Fauna · Fossorial · Marsupial · Vertebrate · Zoology · Evolution and Paleontology Studies · Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology · Ecology
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