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dc.contributor.authorLouys, Julien
dc.contributor.authorPrice, Gilbert J
dc.date.accessioned2017-08-10T02:31:32Z
dc.date.available2017-08-10T02:31:32Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.issn0567-7920
dc.identifier.doi10.4202/app.00042.2013
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/343715
dc.description.abstractThe Chinchilla Sand is a formally defined stratigraphic sequence of Pliocene fluviatile deposits that comprise interbedded clay, sand, and conglomerate located in the western Darling Downs, south-east Queensland, Australia. Vertebrate fossils from the deposits are referred to as the Chinchilla Local Fauna. Despite over a century and a half of collection and study, uncertainties concerning the taxa in the Chinchilla Local Fauna continue, largely from the absence of stratigraphically controlled excavations, lost or destroyed specimens, and poorly documented provenance data. Here we present a detailed and updated study of the vertebrate fauna from this site. The Pliocene vertebrate assemblage is represented by at least 63 taxa in 31 families. The Chinchilla Local Fauna is Australia’s largest, richest and best preserved Pliocene vertebrate locality, and is eminently suited for palaeoecological and palaeoenvironmental investigations of the late Pliocene.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherPolska Akademia Nauk, Instytut Paleobiologii
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom551
dc.relation.ispartofpageto572
dc.relation.ispartofissue3
dc.relation.ispartofjournalActa Palaeontologica Polonica
dc.relation.ispartofvolume60
dc.subject.fieldofresearchGeology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPalaeontology (incl. palynology)
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEcology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEvolutionary biology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3705
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode370506
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3103
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3104
dc.titleThe chinchilla local fauna: An exceptionally rich and well-preserved pliocene vertebrate assemblage from fluviatile deposits of South-Eastern Queensland, Australia
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
dcterms.licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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gro.rights.copyright© 2015 J. Louys and G.J. Price. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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gro.griffith.authorLouys, Julien


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