Mowbray Swamp (Pleistocene of Australia)

Where: Tasmania, Australia (40.8° S, 145.1° E: paleocoordinates 40.8° S, 145.1° E)

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: mire or swamp; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. Gillespie, A. B. Cames, T. H. Worthy, N.J. Rawlene, C. Reid, F. Bertuch, V. Levchenko and A. Cooper. 2012. Man and megafauna in Tasmania: closing the gap. Quaternary Science Reviews 37:38-47 [M. Uhen/V. Choe]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 182960: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Victoria Choe on 29.11.2016

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Diprotodontia - Diprotodontidae
Zygomaturus trilobus Macleay 1857 diprotodont marsupial
rib and femur fragments
 Diprotodontia - Palorchestidae
Palorchestes azael Owen 1874 diprotodont marsupial
femur fragments