Derriston St. (Pleistocene of Australia)

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: Southern 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 136425: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Albert Garcia Selles on 28.11.2012

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Diprotodontia -
Sthenurus andersoni Marcus 1962 short-faced kangaroo
Simosthenurus maddocki Wells and Murray 1979 short-faced kangaroo