Also known as Mount Gambier
Where: South Australia, Australia (37.8° S, 140.8° E: paleocoordinates 38.5° S, 140.6° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: South Australia Museum (SAM)
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 136109: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Albert Garcia Selles on 19.11.2012, edited by Graeme Lloyd
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Latagallina naracoortensis van Tets 1974 megapode SAM P42079, pR ulna; SAM P42733, four pedal phalanges
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| Mammalia | |
Procoptodon gilli, Sthenurus andersoni, Metasthenurus newtonae, Simosthenurus pales, Simosthenurus maddocki, Simosthenurus occidentalis
Procoptodon gilli Merriless 1965 short-faced kangaroo
Sthenurus andersoni Marcus 1962 short-faced kangaroo
Metasthenurus newtonae Prideaux 2000 short-faced kangaroo
Simosthenurus pales De Vis 1895 short-faced kangaroo
Simosthenurus maddocki Wells and Murray 1979 short-faced kangaroo
Simosthenurus occidentalis Glauert 1910 short-faced kangaroo | |