Site 9: Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene, Australia
collected by Kennet G. Simpson and Edmund D. Gill 1969
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Diprotodontia
- Macropodidae
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Procoptodon goliah
(Owen 1874)
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| original and current combination Macropus goliah | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Australia | State/province: | New South Wales |
| Coordinates: | 34.0° South, 141.3° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 34.0° South, 141.3° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.77400 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | Kennet G. Simpson and Edmund D. Gill | Collection dates: | 1969 |
| Collection method comments: Natural Museus Victoria (NMV) | |||
Metadata
| Also known as: | Lake Victoria | ||
| Database number: | 136516 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | A. Garcia Selles | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-11-29 11:57:34 | Last modified: | 2012-11-28 18:57:34 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-11-29 11:57:34 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 36547. | 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] |