A fossil mandible and incisor of the diprotodontid marsupialPalorchestes azealOwen is reported from a new locality at Pulbeena, near Smithon, in northwestern Tasmania. The fossils occurred with a piece of wood which has a14C age of 54,200-4,500+11,000B.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 thisP. azaelinhabited aEucalyptuswoodland.