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Fig. 6. Saltuarius kateae n in A Reassessment of Saltuarius swaini (Lacertilia: Diplodactylidae) in Southeastern Queensland and New South Wales; Two New Taxa, Phylogeny, Biogeography and Conservation

Fig. 6. Saltuarius kateae n.sp. (AM R164163—holotype), Wyans Creek Road, 11.4 km W of Old Tenterfield Road (29°08'31"S 152°47'06"E) NSW (photograph—R. Sadlier, AM).

FIG. 9 in Eocene chelid turtles from Redbank Plains, Southeast Queensland, Australia

FIG. 9. — Redbank Plains, Queensland, Eocene; A-B, Emydura s.l. sp. a or b?, form 6 (QM F37913), internal mold of an anterior part of the shell; A, dorsal part; B, ventral part; C-D, Emydura s.l. sp. a, form 5 (QM F31697); C, internal mold of the left lateral and posterior part of the shell, anteriorly covered by the external impression of the left lateroposterior part of the plastron; D, impression of the external left lateral and posterior part of the shell. Abbreviations: ax.pr, axillary process; ip, inguinal process; n1, remnant of neural 1; nu, nuchal; pl5, pleural 5; r1, r2, thoracic ribs 1 and 2; ento, posterior part of the entoplastron; hyo, hyoplastron; hypo, hypoplastron. Scale bars: 2 cm.

FIG. 10. — A, Chelodina alanrixi n in Eocene chelid turtles from Redbank Plains, Southeast Queensland, Australia

FIG. 10. — A, Chelodina alanrixi n. sp., form 1, Redbank Plains, Queensland, Eocene (QM F18344), 40-41 cm long, reconstruction of the carapace, dorsal view, missing parts doted, presenting generic identities and specific differences with C. expansa in B-D; a, flattened, large and wide carapace as in C. expansa; b, narrow vertebrals, the first one narrower than the nuchal bone, the second to fourth narrower than the first and fifth, the third particularly narrow, vertebrals narrower than in C. expansa except the fifth that is wider than the suprapygal bone; c, polygons of the decoration c. 1/3 smaller than in C. expansa (see D and compare with Fig. 1B); d, 8 neurals present, against no one in C. expansa; e, vertebral 5 wider than the suprapygal contrarily to C. expansa; f, long and flat posterior extremity, as in C. expansa, slightly pointed as in males in C. expansa; B, C. expansa, extant (MNHN AC 1914-178), 37.5 cm long; a, large and wide carapace as in C. alanrixi n. sp. (anteriorly narrower in males); b, wide vertebral 1 wider than the nuchal bone, the vertebrals 2 to 4 (the fourth subdivided) progressively narrowing; c, large polygons (see D); d, no neurals (never); e, vertebral 5 narrower than the suprapygal; f, long and flat posterior extremity, slightly pointed as in C. alanrixi n. sp. but more rounded border (a female); C, C. expansa Gray, 1856 (pl. XII), holotype, from Goode (1967) and Wermuth & Mertens (1961), 35 cm long, a male (anteriorly narrower and posteriorly pointed, plastron with a concavity); D, C. expansa, extant (MNHN AC 1914-178), 37.5 cm long, detail of the decoration of the carapace in the area of the vertebral 4 (subdivided here), compare with Fig. 1B. Scale bars: A, B, 10 cm; D, 2 cm.

FIG. 8. — Emydura s.l in Eocene chelid turtles from Redbank Plains, Southeast Queensland, Australia

FIG. 8. — Emydura s.l. sp. a, form 5, Redbank Plains, Queensland, Eocene (QM F31697), impression of the external left lateral and posterior part of the carapace. Abbreviations: C4, costal scute 4; pl1, pl8, pleurals 1, 8; spp, suprapygal; V4, V5, vertebrals 4 and 5. Scale bar: 5 cm.

FIG. 7. — Emydura s.l in Eocene chelid turtles from Redbank Plains, Southeast Queensland, Australia

FIG. 7. — Emydura s.l. sp. a, form 4, Redbank Plains, Queensland, Eocene (QM F31697), internal cast of the carapace, anteriorly covered by the external impression of the left lateroposterior part of the plastron. Abbreviations: an.n, reconstruction of the anal notch; hyo, partial hyoplastron; hypo, hypoplastron; il, iliac scar; n, ventrally preserved neural; per. 9, partial peripheral 9; pl7, pleural 7; spp, partial suprapygal; Xi, partial xiphiplastron. Scale bar: 5 cm.

FIG. 4 in Eocene chelid turtles from Redbank Plains, Southeast Queensland, Australia

FIG. 4. — Chelodina sp. b, form 2, Redbank Plains, Queensland, Eocene (QM F18214), right lateral and posterior part of the shell, impression of the external face. Scale bar: 2 cm.

FIG. 6. — A in Eocene chelid turtles from Redbank Plains, Southeast Queensland, Australia

FIG. 6. — A, plastron of Elseya dentata (BMNH 76-5-19-77); B, plastron of Chelodina oblonga (BMNH 64-12-22-6), ventral views; C-E, Chelodina sp. c?, Redbank Plains, Queensland, Eocene (QM F18212), positive of the posterior mid-part of plastron, partial right pelvis and small part of shell; C, enlargement of the shell part, showing the polygons similar to those of Chelodina; D, the specimen, ventral view; E, enlargement of a plastral part showing the small granulate polygons; F, posterior mid-part of the plastron, superposed to that of Chelodina oblonga, with reconstruction of the inguinal notch. Abbreviations: a, left, as in Elseya; b, right, as in Chelodina. Scale bars: A, B, D, 2 cm; C, E, 1 cm.

FIG. 3. — Chelodina alanrixi n in Eocene chelid turtles from Redbank Plains, Southeast Queensland, Australia

FIG. 3. — Chelodina alanrixi n. sp., form 1, Redbank Plains, Queensland, Eocene (QM F18344), posterior part of the shell, impression of the internal face of the Fig. 1A. Abbreviations: il, iliac scar below pleural 8 and suprapygal; M12, marginal scute 12; pl8, pleural 8; py, pygal; spp, suprapygal. Scale bar: 5 cm.

Figure 6 in Late Quaternary Fossil Vertebrates of the Broken River Karst Area, Northern Queensland, Australia

Figure 6. Diprotodonts from the Broken River karst area. (A) Petaurus norfolcensis upper molar (UQPL19); (B) Trichosurus sp. upper molar (UQPL20); (C)?hypsiprymnodontid premolar (UQPL21); (D) juvenile macropodid mandible (UQPL22). Scale bars = 1 mm.

Figure 2 in Late Quaternary Fossil Vertebrates of the Broken River Karst Area, Northern Queensland, Australia

Figure 2. Images of the karst, study caves, and fossils of the Broken River karst area. (A) rillenkarren typical of the Broken River limestone karst; (B) Beehive fossil deposit (arrow indicating fossil-bearing breccia); (C) Big Ho fossil deposit (arrow indicating fossil-bearing breccia exposed as a false floor); (D) partially acid-digested breccia from Beehive showing high concentration of vertebrate fossils.

Figure 3 in Late Quaternary Fossil Vertebrates of the Broken River Karst Area, Northern Queensland, Australia

Figure 3. Rarefaction curves comparing Big Ho and Beehive mammalian diversity within respective fossil breccias.

Figure 8 in Fossil Uromys (Rodentia: Murinae) from Central Queensland, with a Description of a New Middle Pleistocene Species

Figure 8. Bivariate plot of molar proportions (M1 width vs M1–3 length, in mm) of species of Uromys. Additional data provided by Tate (1951), Winter (1984), Groves & Flannery (1994) and Lavery & Judge (2017). Plot generated in PAST 2.12 (Hammer et al., 2001).

Figure 5 in Late Quaternary Fossil Vertebrates of the Broken River Karst Area, Northern Queensland, Australia

Figure 5. Dasyurids and bandicoots of the Broken River karst area. (A) Dasyurus lower molar (UQPL10); (B) Antechinus sp. dentary (UQPL11); (C) Phascogale tapoatafa lower molar (UQPL12); (D) Planigale sp. cf. P. ingrami / tenuirostris dentary (UQPL13); (E) Sminthopsis macroura dentary (UQPL14); (F) Sminthopsis sp. cf. S. murina dentary (UQPL15); (G) Chaeropus yirratji maxilla (QMF58987); (H) Isoodon sp. lower molar (UQPL17); (I) Isoodon peninsulae mandible (UQPL16); (J) Perameles sp. upper molar (UQPL18). Scale bars = 1 mm.

Figure 9 in Fossil Uromys (Rodentia: Murinae) from Central Queensland, with a Description of a New Middle Pleistocene Species

Figure 9. Results of preliminary phylogenetic analysis using parsimony. Bootstrap values> 50% provided showing monophyly of the Solomon Islands Uromys (Cyromys) and Australopapuan clade as sister taxon with Australian species basal to New Guinean species.

Figure 7 in Fossil Uromys (Rodentia: Murinae) from Central Queensland, with a Description of a New Middle Pleistocene Species

Figure 7. Isolated molars of Uromys aplini sp. nov. (A) QMF55524 right M1; (B) QMF55523 left M1; (C) QMF55522 left M1; (D) QMF55527 right M2; (E) QMF55525 right M2; (F) QMF55526 right M2; (G) QMF55530 right M3; (H) QMF55528 left M3; (I) QMF55529 left M3; (J) QMF55531 left M1; (K) QMF55533 left M1; (L) QMF55532 left M1; (M) QMF55534 right M2; (N) QMF55536 left M2; (O) QMF55535 left M2; (P) QMF55537 right M3; (Q) QMF55539 left M3; (R) QMF55538 left M3. Scale bar = 1 mm.

Figure 5 in Fossil Uromys (Rodentia: Murinae) from Central Queensland, with a Description of a New Middle Pleistocene Species

Figure 5. Cranial elements of Uromys aplini sp. nov. (A) QMF52014 partial skull in (top to bottom) dorsal, right lateral, and ventral view; (B) QMF55753 partial skull in dorsal, left lateral, and ventral view; (C) QMF55541 left maxilla fragment, showing a narrow crest on the diastema. Scale bar = 5 mm.

Figure 3 in Fossil Uromys (Rodentia: Murinae) from Central Queensland, with a Description of a New Middle Pleistocene Species

Figure 3. Succession of Uromys spp. in the Mt Etna area. (A–B) Uromys caudimaculatus, (A) QMF60126 right M1, QML1456 spit 142–147, c. 50 ka; (B) QMF60127 left M1, deposit and age as for A. (C–D) Uromys aplini, (C) QMF55340 left M1, QML1312, 205–170 ka; (D) QMF60125 right M1, QML1311 H,> 450 ka. Scale bar = 1 mm.

Figure 1 in Fossil Uromys (Rodentia: Murinae) from Central Queensland, with a Description of a New Middle Pleistocene Species

Figure 1. Map of north-east Sahul and Melanesia showing the location of study sites, the modern distributions of species of Uromys, and barriers to dispersal of mesic taxa in eastern Queensland (after Bryant & Krosch, 2016). Bathymetric depth to 200 m marked in light blue. Distribution data is from Aplin & Flannery (2017), Aplin et al. (2017), Groves & Flannery (1994), Kennerley (2016), Lavery (2019), and Woinarski & Burbidge (2016). Spot distribution of U. sherrini is based on known specimens in the collections of the Queensland Museum, CSIRO National Wildlife Collection, and Natural History Museum (London).

Figure 4 in Fossil Uromys (Rodentia: Murinae) from Central Queensland, with a Description of a New Middle Pleistocene Species

Figure 4. Comparison of skulls of Uromys sherrini and U. caudimaculatus in ventral outline. (A) U. sherrini (CM10822); (B) U. caudimaculatus (CM705). The larger degree of deflection in the zygomatic plate, seen in U. caudimaculatus, is indicated with an arrow. Scale bar = 5 mm.

Figure 6 in Fossil Uromys (Rodentia: Murinae) from Central Queensland, with a Description of a New Middle Pleistocene Species

Figure 6. Mandibles of Uromys aplini sp. nov. (A) QMF55542 right mandible with M1; (B) QMF55543 right mandible with M1, partial M2, and M3. Scale bar = 5 mm.