Fern Hill (Pliocene to of New Caledonia)

Also known as Diahot Valley

Where: New Caledonia (20.4° S, 164.4° E: paleocoordinates 22.2° S, 164.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Pliocene to Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: alluvial fan; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: Holotype is haused in the Collection Filhol, Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris

Primary reference: C. Guerin, J. H. Winslow, M. Piboule and M. Faure. 1981. Le prétendu rhinocéros de Nouvelle Calédonie est un marsupial (Zygomaturus diahotensis nov. sp.): Solution d'une énigme et conséquences paléogéographiques. Geobios 14(2):201-217 [J. Alroy/A. Garcia Selles/T. Liebrecht]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 137793: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Albert Garcia Selles on 19.12.2012

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Diprotodontia - Diprotodontidae
Zygomaturus diahotensis Guerin et al. 1981 diprotodont marsupial