New Pleistocene marsupials (Macropodidae, Diprotodontidae) from subalpine habitats in Irian Jaya, Indonesia
作者:
T.F. Flannery,
期刊:
Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology
(Taylor Available online 1992)
卷期:
Volume 16,
issue 4
页码: 321-331
ISSN:0311-5518
年代: 1992
DOI:10.1080/03115519208619113
出版商: Taylor & Francis Group
关键词: Pleistocene;Extinction;Irian Jaya;New Guinea;subalpine;marsupials;Protemnodon;Maokopia
数据来源: Taylor
摘要:
The remains of two species (a macropodid and a diprotodontid) of large, extinct marsupials have been recovered from cave and fluvial deposits in Irian Jaya. The sites are located at 2,800–2,950 m elevation in what is today upper montane forests, although at the time of deposition (41,500 ± 1,500 ybp for the fluvial sediments) the area was covered with subalpine herbfield. The diprotodontid is described here asMaokopia ronaldigen. et sp. nov., while the macropodid is described asProtemnodon hopeisp. nov. It is likely that these were the only really large marsupial species that inhabited the region.
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