Geilston Bay Derwent (Oligocene of Australia)

Where: Tasmania, Australia (42.8° S, 147.3° E: paleocoordinates 58.0° S, 147.4° E)

When: Oligocene (33.9 - 23.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: estuary or bay; lithified travertine

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. H. Tedford and N. R. Kemp. 1998. Oligocene marsupials of the Geilston Bay local fauna, Tasmania. American Museum Novitates (3244)1-22 [A. Stafford/A. Stafford]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 182968: authorized by Amber Stafford, entered by Amber Stafford on 29.11.2016

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Dasyuromorphia - Dasyuridae
Dasyuridae indet. Goldfuss 1820 marsupial
 Diprotodontia - Burramyidae
Burramyidae indet. Broom 1898 pygmy possum
 Diprotodonta -
Petauroidea indet. Gill 1872 marsupial