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