Lake Colac (Pleistocene of Australia)
Where: Victoria, Australia (38.3° S, 143.6° E: paleocoordinates 39.0° S, 143.4° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: G. J. Price. 2008. Taxonomy and palaeobiology of the largest-ever marsupial, Diprotodon Owen, 1838 (Diprotodontidae, Marsupialia). Zoological Journal Linnean Society 153:369-397 [L. van den Hoek Ostende/L. van den Hoek Ostende/A. Garcia Selles]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 137628: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Albert Garcia Selles on 18.12.2012
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Taxonomic list
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| Mammalia | |
"Diprotodon longiceps n. sp." = Diprotodon optatum, "Diprotodon annextans" = Diprotodon optatum
"Diprotodon longiceps n. sp." = Diprotodon optatum Owen 1838 diprotodont marsupial
"Diprotodon annextans" = Diprotodon optatum Owen 1838 diprotodont marsupial | |