Lake Ngapakaldi to Lake Palankarinna Fossil Area

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The lakes of the reserve lie to the right of Lake Eyre below the centre of the map

The Lake Ngapakaldi to Lake Palankarinna Fossil Area is a fossil protection reserve in the Tirari Desert, in the eastern part of the Far North region of South Australia. Some 3500 ha in area, it is about 70 km east of Lake Eyre and 100 km north-north-east of Marree, off the Birdsville Track near Etadunna Station. The site was listed on the Australian Register of the National Estate (No.5905) on 21 October 1980 and on the South Australian Heritage Register on 11 December 1997.[1][2]

Description

The reserve comprises four dry salt lakes surrounded by extensive areas of sand dunes in a flat, arid landscape. The lake beds are largely unvegetated and usually dry. Low cliffs on the western margins of the lakes have produced a variety of Tertiary vertebrate fossils ranging in age from the late Oligocene to the Pleistocene.[1]

Lakes

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  • Lake Kununka Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[3]
  • Lake Pitikanta Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[3]
  • Lake Ngapakaldi Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[3]

Further reading

  • Pledge, Neville S.; & Prideaux, Gavin John. (1996). The natural history of the Lake Palankarinna fossil reserve. South Australian Museum: Adelaide.
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See also

References

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Australian Heritage Database.
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  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Rich et al. (1982).

Sources

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