Rocky River (Pleistocene of Australia)

Where: South Australia, Australia (36.0° S, 136.7° E: paleocoordinates 36.7° S, 136.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

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: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 136765: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Albert Garcia Selles on 04.12.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Diprotodontia - Diprotodontidae
Diprotodon sp. Owen 1838 diprotodont marsupial
 Diprotodontia -
Procoptodon gilli Merriless 1965 short-faced kangaroo
Procoptodon browneorum Merriless 1968 short-faced kangaroo