Where: Western Australia, Australia (37.7° S, 140.5° E: paleocoordinates 38.4° S, 140.3° 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 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 136443: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Albert Garcia Selles on 28.11.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Procoptodon gilli Merriless 1965 short-faced kangaroo
Simosthenurus occidentalis Glauert 1910 short-faced kangaroo |