Where: Victoria, Australia (38.1° S, 144.3° E: paleocoordinates 40.2° S, 143.9° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Batesford Limestone Formation, Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; calcareous sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
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 136458: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Albert Garcia Selles on 28.11.2012
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Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Simosthenurus cf. occidentalis Glauert 1910 short-faced kangaroo |