Late quaternary Palorchestes azael (Mammalia, Diprotodontidae) from northwestern Tasmania
- 1 January 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology
- Vol. 1 (2) , 159-166
- https://doi.org/10.1080/03115517608619067
Abstract
A fossil mandible and incisor of the diprotodontid marsupial Palorchestes azeal Owen is reported from a new locality at Pulbeena, near Smithon, in northwestern Tasmania. The fossils occurred with a piece of wood which has a 14C age of 54,200-4,500 +11,000 B.P. Both fossils and wood were deposited contemporaneously in shallow-lake shell marls and swamp peat deposits of late Quaternary age. Pollen analysis indicates that this P. azael inhabited a Eucalyptus woodland.Keywords
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- Yale Natural Radiocarbon Measurements IIIScience, 1957