| LOCATION |
| Map |
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| Address |
Birdsville Track MULKA |
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| Accuracy |
H - high level confidence |
| Council Area |
Land Not Within a Council Area (Far North) |
| Polygon Type |
P - parcel (from DCDB) |
| DESCRIPTION |
| Details (Known As) |
Lakes Kanunka, Pitikanta and Ngapakaldi (Lake Ngapakaldi partly located within Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre National Park) Cenozoic Vertebrate Fossil Sites [Designated as a place of palaeontological significance] |
| Registered Name |
Lakes Kanunka, Pitikanta and Ngapakaldi (Cenozoic Vertebrate Fossil Sites) |
| Significance |
Lakes Kanunka, Pitikanta and Ngapakaldi (Cenozoic Vertebrate Fossil Sites) contain Cenozoic-aged vertebrate fossils which are vital to understanding Australian mammal and vertebrate evolution. The fossil sites and associated materials include megafauna and other vertebrates and are of international significance due to their diversity and time range, providing a rare and complete geological succession. The Lakes constitute one of the rare areas where abundant and highly preserved Cenozoic vertebrate fossils have been recovered in Australia.
STATEMENT OF DESIGNATION
Designated Place of Palaeontological Significance
Lakes Kanunka, Pitikanta and Ngapakaldi (Cenozoic Vertebrate Fossil Sites) contain numerous fossil vertebrate sites of great palaeontological significance. The sites spread throughout the three lakes contain diverse and abundant fossil specimens that are Oligocene-Pliocene in age, contributing to a timeline of vertebrate life and evolution throughout South Australia. Each of the three lakes are highly significant in the quality of their specimens and are likely to continue to yield fossil fauna that will contribute to an understanding of vertebrate and megafaunal biology, habits and evolution in the State.
BHI Summary of State Heritage Place APPROVED DATE: 18-JUN-2026 |
| Subject Index |
Landscape area - Palaeontological Site |
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State |
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| STATUS |
| Status Code |
REG - Confirmed as a State Heritage Place in the SA Heritage Register |
| Status Date |
11-DEC-1997 |
| REFERENCE |
| LGA |
Unincorporated SA |
| State Heritage ID |
14418 |
| Heritage Number |
75 |
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| SECTION 16 INFORMATION |
| Section 16 |
c - it may yield information that will contribute to an understanding of the State's history, including its natural history
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| PLAN PARCEL & TITLE |
| As listed in the SA Heritage Register |
| Plan Parcel & Title Information |
CR 5771/691 H832300 B422,CR 5772/920 H833000 S1468,CL 6175/774 D35807 A104 |