Where: Queensland, Australia (26.2° S, 146.3° E: paleocoordinates 26.9° S, 146.2° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the UQ
• Queensland Museum (QM)
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 135912: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Albert Garcia Selles on 12.11.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Procoptodon pusio n. sp. Owen 1874 short-faced kangaroo
Procoptodon browneorum Merriless 1968 short-faced kangaroo
Sthenurus andersoni Marcus 1962 short-faced kangaroo | |
Diprotodon sp. Owen 1838 diprotodont marsupial |