Chadinga Conservation Park
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Chadinga Conservation Park, formerly the Chadinga Conservation Reserve, is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located in the Chadinga Dunes on the western side of Lake MacDonnell, in the locality of Penong.<ref name="plb">Template:Cite web</ref> The park is classified as an IUCN Category VI protected area.<ref name=CAPAD2016SASum/>
The conservation park covers Template:Convert of coastal dunes, containing a lake and areas of mallee scrub.<ref name=ReserveList/> It is commonly called "Tuckamore" by local people. The dunes extend up to 3 km inland and form a habitat for the spinifex hopping mouse.<ref>Template:Cite web Template:Dead link</ref> The conservation park has no visitor facilities, although bush camping is permitted.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
The dinosaur ant (Nothomyrmecia macrops), noted as a "living fossil", is found within the conservation park.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The lake is the largest of several salt lakes in the area - others include Red Lake (a small section of Lake MacDonnell cut off by the Penong to Point Sinclair/Cactus Beach road) and Blue Lake, a smaller lake to the south of Lake MacDonnell.
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Further reading
- Baroni Urbani C. 2008. Orthotaxonomy and parataxonomy of true and presumed bulldog ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Doriana 8, N. 358: 1–10.