Also known as 5U58, Naracoorte
Where: South Australia, Australia (37.1° S, 140.8° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 37.7° S, 140.9° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Southern Australia Museum (SAM)
•Flinders University (FU)
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 136773: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Albert Garcia Selles on 04.12.2012, edited by Torsten Liebrecht
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Sthenurus andersoni Marcus 1962 short-faced kangaroo
Procoptodon gilli Merriless 1965 short-faced kangaroo
Procoptodon browneorum Merriless 1968 short-faced kangaroo |