Where: South Australia, Australia (37.9° S, 140.7° E: paleocoordinates 38.6° S, 140.6° 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 136783: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Albert Garcia Selles on 04.12.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Mammalia | |
Sthenurus andersoni, Procoptodon browneorum, Procoptodon gilli, Simosthenurus maddocki, Simosthenurus occidentalis, Metasthenurus newtonae
Sthenurus andersoni Marcus 1962 short-faced kangaroo
Procoptodon browneorum Merriless 1968 short-faced kangaroo
Procoptodon gilli Merriless 1965 short-faced kangaroo
Simosthenurus maddocki Wells and Murray 1979 short-faced kangaroo
Simosthenurus occidentalis Glauert 1910 short-faced kangaroo
Metasthenurus newtonae Prideaux 2000 short-faced kangaroo | |