Derrington St (Mount Gambier) (Pleistocene of Australia)

Where: South Australia, Australia (37.8° S, 140.8° E: paleocoordinates 38.5° S, 140.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Gambier Limestone Formation, Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• Janjukian, planktonic foram zones P21-P22

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; white lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

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 136766: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Albert Garcia Selles on 04.12.2012

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Diprotodontia -
Procoptodon browneorum Merriless 1968 short-faced kangaroo
Sthenurus andersoni Marcus 1962 short-faced kangaroo