Lake Ngapakaldi to Lake Palankarinna Fossil Area

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 group of fossil sites located in the Australian state of South Australia within the Tirari Desert in the north-eastern part of the state's Far North region. The group has an overall area of 35 square kilometres (14 sq mi) and is located about 70 kilometres (43 mi) east of Lake Eyre and about 100 kilometres (62 mi) north-north-east of Marree, off the Birdsville Track near Etadunna Station.

Description

The area consists of four lakes grouped into two areas located about 40 kilometres (25 mi) apart.[1] They are 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.[2]

Lakes Kununka, Ngapakaldi and Pitikanta

The following three lakes are located on the west side of the gazetted locality of Mulka with Lake Ngapakaldi being partly located within the locality of Lake Eyre:[1]

Lake Palankarinna

Lake Palankarinna 28°46′S 138°24′E / 28.767°S 138.400°E / -28.767; 138.400 is located in the gazetted locality of Etadunna on the west side of the Birdsville Track to the south of the other three sites.[3][1] The lake is part of a reserve known as the ‘Lake Palankarinna Fossil Reserve’ which consists of part of the western half of the lake bed and a parcel of land to the west.[1]

Status

The four sites are subject to a number of past and present heritage listings while two have protected area status:

See also

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Search result for "Lake Palankarinna Fossil Reserve" with the following datasets selected - "Suburbs and Localities" and "SA Heritage Places Indicative Footprints"". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  2. 1 2 Australian Heritage Database.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Rich et al. (1982).
  4. 1 2 "Lakes Kanunka, Pitikanta and Ngapakaldi (Lake Ngapakaldi partly located within Lake Eyre National Park) Tertiary Vertebrate Fossil Sites (designated place of palaeontological significance)". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
  5. ↑ Morton et al, 1995, page 96

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