Black Rock Gravel Pit (Pleistocene of Australia)

Where: South Australia, Australia (32.7° S, 138.6° E: paleocoordinates 33.4° S, 138.4° E)

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: 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 136175: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Albert Garcia Selles on 21.11.2012

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Diprotodontia -
Metasthenurus newtonae Prideaux 2000 short-faced kangaroo