Where: South Australia, Australia (37.1° S, 140.8° E: paleocoordinates 37.8° 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: 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 136782: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Albert Garcia Selles on 04.12.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Procoptodon gilli Merriless 1965 short-faced kangaroo |