Batesford Quarry (Pliocene of Australia)

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

• calcareous sand and gravel

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
 Diprotodontia -
Simosthenurus cf. occidentalis Glauert 1910 short-faced kangaroo