Puralka Cave (Pleistocene of Australia)

Where: Victoria, Australia (37.5° S, 148.2° E: paleocoordinates 38.2° S, 148.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: National Museum of Victoria (NMV)

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 136478: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Albert Garcia Selles on 28.11.2012

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Diprotodontia -
Simosthenurus occidentalis Glauert 1910 short-faced kangaroo