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 | |
Zygomaturus diahotensis Guerin et al. 1981 diprotodont marsupial |