King Island (Pleistocene of Australia)

Where: Tasmania, Australia (39.9° S, 143.9° E: paleocoordinates 40.6° S, 143.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: H. H. Scott and C. Lord. 1922. Studies in Tasmanian mammals, living and extinct. Number V, Zaglossus harrissoni, sp. nov. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1921:13-15 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 95911: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 05.05.2010, edited by Albert Garcia Selles

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Diprotodontia -
Simosthenurus occidentalis Glauert 1910 short-faced kangaroo
 Monotremata - Tachyglossidae
"Zaglossus harrissoni n. sp." = Zaglossus robusta
"Zaglossus harrissoni n. sp." = Zaglossus robusta Dun 1894 echidna