A Shelduck (Anatidae: Tadorna) from the Pliocene of South Australia

Authors: Worthy, T.H.; Pledge, N.S.

Source: Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, Volume 131, Number 1, May 2007 , pp. 107-115(9)

Publisher: Royal Society of South Australia

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Abstract:

A complete fossil humerus referable to a shelduck (Anatidae: Tadorna sp.) is reported from an uncertain locality in the 'Bookmark cliffs' on the River Murray, a few kilometres upstream from Berri and Lyrup southwest of Renmark, in the Riverland region of South Australia. The fossil was embedded in a piece of pale grey, clean coarse sandstone having a siliceous cement. This is interpreted as being Parilla Sand, of late Pliocene age, which outcrops along the Murray River from Renmark to Loxton.

Keywords: PLIOCENE FOSSIL; SHELDUCK; ANATIDAE; TADORNA; AUSTRALIA

Document Type: Research article

Publication date: 2007-05-01

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