Diprotodon - Wikipedia
Diprotodon is the largest-known marsupial to have ever lived; it greatly exceeds the size of its closest living relatives wombats and koalas. It is a member of the extinct family Diprotodontidae, which includes other large quadrupedal herbivores. It grew as large as 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) at the shoulders, over 4 m (13 ft) from head to tail, and ...
Diprotodon optatum - The Australian Museum
The massive Diprotodon optatum, from the Pleistocene of Australia, was the largest marsupial known and the last of the extinct, herbivorous diprotodontids. Diprotodon was the first fossil mammal named from Australia (Owen 1838) and one of the most well known of the megafauna. It was widespread across Australia when the first indigenous people ...
Unearthing Australia's giants - University of Queensland
The remains of ancient animals, including the giant kangaroo, the diprotodon – thought to be the world's largest marsupial – and the Euryzygoma, the diprotodon's ancestor, have been discovered in the region. A three-dimensional model of the diprotodon dig site at Chinchilla. Credit: Dr Gilbert Price / UQ School of Earth and Environmental Sciences.
Megafauna - The Australian Museum
Megafauna are large animals that roamed the Earth during the Pleistocene, 2.5 million to 11,700 years ago. In Australia, megafauna included the huge wombat-shaped Diprotodon and giant goanna Megalania. European megafauna included Woolly Rhinoceroses, Mammoths, Cave Lions and Cave Bears. In North American, megafauna included Giant Ground Sloths ...
Cranial biomechanics, bite force and function of the endocranial ...
Mar 3, 2016 · Detailed three‐dimensional models of the cranium, mandible and jaw adductor muscles were produced. In addition, manipulations to the Diprotodon cranial model were performed to investigate changes in skull and sinus structure, including a model with no sinuses (sinuses ‘filled’ with bone) and a model with a midsagittal crest.
Three dimensional digital reconstruction of the jaw adductor ...
Aug 14, 2014 · For this study, the jaw adductor musculature of the extinct Diprotodon optatum, the largest marsupial known, has been reconstructed. Like other members of the Australian megafauna, Diprotodon became extinct during the Late Pleistocene.
ADW: Diprotodontia: INFORMATION
Most diprotodonts have three pairs of incisors in their upper jaws, but this number is reduced to one pair in one family, the wombats. Diprotodonts lack lower canines. Upper canines are present, but they vary in shape from low and smooth to having many sharp, curved ridges ( selenodont or …
Diprotodon - Western Australian Museum
The name ‘Diprotodon’ means “two forward teeth”, which refers to the incisors of the lower jaw, which point straight forward. Coupled with its heavy build, stout limbs and moderately long neck, the Diprotodon may have resembled an oversized, long-legged wombat.
Fossilised jaw of giant wombat discovered in NSW
Jun 28, 2019 · The fossilised jaw of a juvenile diprotodon – a giant wombat species that lived thousands of years ago – has been discovered by palaeontologists in New South Wales. Council workers from the Snowy Monaro region came across the fossil on Friday and alerted the Australian Museum in Sydney of the discovery.
For this study, the jaw adductor musculature of the extinct Diprotodon optatum, the largest marsupial known, has been reconstructed. Like other members of the Australian megafauna, Diprotodon became extinct during the Late Pleistocene. The family Diprotodontidae, in which Diprotodon belongs, is a diverse group of vombatomorphian