Unit B (Pleistocene of Australia)

Also known as north side of Lake Menindee

Where: New South Wales, Australia (32.3° S, 142.3° E: paleocoordinates 32.3° S, 142.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected by Richard H. Tedford in 1950's; reposited in the UCMP

Collection methods: surface (float), acetic,

• South Australian 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 136149: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Albert Garcia Selles on 20.11.2012

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Diprotodontia -
Sthenurus tindalei n. sp. Tedford 1966 short-faced kangaroo