Colac (Pleistocene of Australia)

Where: Victoria, Australia (38.3° S, 143.6° E: paleocoordinates 39.0° S, 143.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

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 136735: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Albert Garcia Selles on 03.12.2012

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Diprotodontia - Diprotodontidae
Diprotodon sp. Owen 1838 diprotodont marsupial
 Diprotodontia -
Procoptodon rapha Owen 1874 short-faced kangaroo