- the
marsupial family Macropodidae,
known as short-faced
kangaroos or
sthenurine kangaroos. No
members of this
subfamily are
extant today, with all becoming...
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Procoptodon is an
extinct genus of
giant short-faced (
sthenurine)
kangaroos that
lived in
Australia during the
Pleistocene Epoch. P. goliah, the largest...
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Evidence suggested that the
mernine was the only
living member of the
sthenurine subfamily, and a
recent osteology-based
phylogeny of
macropodids found...
- the
Sthenurine Kangaroos.
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Gavin Prideaux, "Systematics and
Evolution of the
Sthenurine Kangaroos"...
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giganteus emphasizes how
different sthenurine kangaroos were from
extant kangaroos,
especially with the
sthenurines' short, deep skulls, long
front feet...
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digits II and IV,
rendering horses as not
truly monodactyl) as well as
sthenurine kangaroos.
Functional monodactyly,
where the
weight is
supported on only...
- PMC 40683. PMID 7479871.
Gavin Prideaux, "Systematics and
Evolution of the
Sthenurine Kangaroos" (April 1, 2004). UC
Publications in
Geological Sciences. Paper...
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Simosthenurus occidentalis is a
species of
sthenurine marsupial ("short-faced kangaroo") that
existed in
Australia during the Pliocene,
becoming extinct...
- PMID 21616801. Prideaux, G. (2004). "Systematics and
Evolution of the
Sthenurine Kangaroos". UC
Publications in
Geological Sciences.
University of California...
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Troposodon minor Sthenurus oreas Simosthenurus occidentalis (another
sthenurine) was
about as tall as a
modern eastern grey kangaroo, but much more robust...
