A diverse beetle assemblage from a newly discovered Cenozoic fossil site near Penrose, New South Wales, Australia

Cenozoic fossiliferous sediments have recently been discovered near the town of Penrose in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales, Australia. Until recently, few beetle (Coleoptera) fossils from the Cenozoic have been reported from Australia. However, this has now changed with the discovery of the new Penrose site and another locality at McGraths Flat near Gulgong in New South Wales. Here, we report on coleopteran fossils from the Penrose site, most of which are preserved as disarticulated elytra of probable Neogene age.Matilda Rosas* [matilda.rosas@austmus.gov.au], School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, New South Wales 2006, Australia; School of Life Sciences, University of Technology Sydney, Broadway, Sydney, New South Wales 2010, Australia; Australian Museum, 1 William Street Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales 2010, Australia; Robert Beattie [robert.beattie@austmus.gov.au], Australian Museum Research Institute, 1 William Street Darlinghurst, New South Wales 2010, Australia; Chenyang Cai [cycai@nigpas.ac.cn], Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 31 East Beijing Road, Nanjing, China; Jack Hinde [jack.hinde@det.nsw.edu.au], Bomaderry High School, Bomaderry, New South Wales 2541, Australia; Tara Djokic [tara.djokic@austmus.gov.au], School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences (BEES), University of New South Wales, Kensington, New South Wales 2052, Australia; Australian Museum Research Institute, 1 William Street Darlinghurst, New South Wales 2010, Australia.