Also known as Myall Creek
Where: New South Wales, Australia (29.8° S, 150.6° E: paleocoordinates 30.5° S, 150.5° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by William Anderson in 1887
Primary reference: G. J. Prideaux. 2004. Systematics and evolution of the sthenurine kangaroos. In S. W. Awramik, A. Barnosky, J. A. Doyle, M. L. Droser, P. M. Sadler (eds.), UC Publications in Geological Sciences, University of California Press 146:1-623 [G. Prideaux/G. Gully/T. Liebrecht]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 135763: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Albert Garcia Selles on 07.11.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Mammalia | |
Sthenurus andersoni n. sp., Simosthenurus pales, Simosthenurus euryskaphus n. sp., Procoptodon rapha, Procoptodon pusio, Procoptodon oreas
Sthenurus andersoni n. sp. Marcus 1962 short-faced kangaroo
Simosthenurus pales De Vis 1895 short-faced kangaroo
Simosthenurus euryskaphus n. sp. Prideaux and Wells 1997 short-faced kangaroo
Procoptodon rapha Owen 1874 short-faced kangaroo
Procoptodon pusio Owen 1874 short-faced kangaroo
Procoptodon oreas De Vis 1895 short-faced kangaroo | |
"Procoptodon goliah" = Macropus goliah
"Procoptodon goliah" = Macropus goliah Owen 1874 kangaroo | |