Where: Victoria, Australia (37.3° S, 144.7° E: paleocoordinates 38.0° S, 144.6° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Museum Vicotria (NMV)
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 135919: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Albert Garcia Selles on 12.11.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
"Procoptodon goliah" = Macropus goliah
"Procoptodon goliah" = Macropus goliah Owen 1874 kangaroo | |
Simosthenurus maddocki Wells and Murray 1979 short-faced kangaroo
Sthenurus andersoni Marcus 1962 short-faced kangaroo
Procoptodon rapha Owen 1874 short-faced kangaroo
Procoptodon gilli Merriless 1965 short-faced kangaroo |