The postcranial skeleton of the Miocene kangaroo,<i>Hadronomas puckridgi</i>Woodburne (Marsupialia, Macropodidae)

Murray, Peter

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“…The dorsal opening of the temporal canal lies within this opening, anterior to the visible portion of the petrosal. The cerebellar face of the petrosal (visible in QM F19801) more closely resembles that of Macropus than Potorous or Hadronomas in so far as these are illustrated by Murray (1991). The parafloccular fossa is deep, undercutting the edges of the orifice.…”

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“…The secondary foramen ovale opens on the anteromesial side of the alisphenoid tympanic wing and is floored by a thin, very narrow process of the alisphenoid tympanic wing that separates it from the foramen for the greater petrosal nerve which lies posteroventral to the secondary foramen ovale. Contribution of a ventral floor to the secondary foramen ovale by a process of the alisphenoid was regarded by Murray (1991) to be typical of macropodoids, contrasting with the incomplete ventral floor provided for the secondary foramen ovale by the process of the alisphenoid which is the usual condition in potoroines. The carotid foramen is anterior to the posterior margin of the basisphenoid in QM F56265 and QM F19801, but more posteriorly located and lateral to the basisphenoid-basioccipital suture in QMF 52814.…”

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“…The carotid foramen is anterior to the posterior margin of the basisphenoid in QM F56265 and QM F19801, but more posteriorly located and lateral to the basisphenoid-basioccipital suture in QMF 52814. Murray (1991) suggested that an anterior position for the carotid foramen was a potoroine synapomorphy. The transverse foramen of the basisphenoid in QM F56265 and QM F19801 is single with a shallow sulcus, presumably for the Eustachian tube where it crosses the ventral border.…”

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Revision of basal macropodids from the Riversleigh World Heritage Area with descriptions of new material of Ganguroo bilamina Cooke, 1997 and a new species

Travouillon

Cooke

Archer

et al. 2014

Palaeontologia Electronica

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The relationship of basal macropodids (Marsupialia: Macropodoidea) from the Oligo-Miocene of Australia have been unclear. Here, we describe a new species from the Bitesantennary Site within the Riversleigh's World Heritage Area (WHA), Ganguroo bites n. sp., new cranial and dental material of G. bilamina, and reassess material previously described as Bulungamaya delicata and 'Nowidgee matrix'. We performed a metric analysis of dental measurements on species of Thylogale which we then used, in combination with morphological features, to determine species boundaries in the fossils. We also performed a phylogenetic analysis to clarify the relationships of basal macropodid species within Macropodoidea. Our results support the distinction of G. bilamina, G. bites and B. delicata, but 'Nowidgee matrix' appears to be a synonym of B. delicata. The results of our phylogenetic analysis are inconclusive, but dental and cranial features suggest a close affinity between G. bilamina and macropodids. Finally, we revise the current understanding of basal macropodid diversity in Oligocene and Miocene sites at Riversleigh WHA.

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Revision of basal macropodids from the Riversleigh World Heritage Area with descriptions of new material of Ganguroo bilamina Cooke, 1997 and a new species

Travouillon

Cooke

Archer

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Palaeontologia Electronica

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“…Sthenurines form a distinct kangaroo clade that diverged from the lineage leading to today's abundant macropodid subfamily, the Macropodinae, before the Middle Pliocene (Murray, 1995). Using a combination of adult and juvenile data, this study tested the hypothesis that the evolution of the unique morphology of the adult giant sthenurine scapula was directly linked to development processes (i.e., heterochrony).…”

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Role of development in the evolution of the scapula of the giant sthenurine kangaroos (Macropodidae: Sthenurinae)

Sears

2005

Journal of Morphology

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Extinct giant sthenurine kangaroos possessed scapulae morphologically distinct from those of all other extant and extinct adult macropodids, but qualitatively resembling those of newborn macropodids. The similarity between adult sthenurine and neonatal macropodid scapulae suggests that a developmental process, such as heterochrony, might have been behind the evolution of the unique sthenurine scapular morphology. By incorporating adult and ontogenetic data, this study examines the evolution and development of the sthenurine scapula. This study quantitatively upholds the previous qualitative morphological observations of macropodid scapulae and finds that ontogenetic and evolutionary morphological changes are correlated in macropodids. The similarity of scapula morphology in sthenurines and newborn macropodids, the correlation between ontogenetic and evolutionary morphological change, and information from other sources (i.e., sthenurine evolutionary history) suggests that pedomorphic shifts in morphology, most likely due to neotenic processes, occurred within the development of the scapula of giant sthenurines.

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“…Description style, terminology and mensuration follow Prideaux (2004) for the craniodental system, and Owen (1876), Murray (1995), Wells and Tedford (1995), the Nomina site details are registered with the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Western Australian Museum, Perth. Fossils from the cave-floor and upper sediment unit of Leaena's Breath Cave are probably early middle Pleistocene in age (Prideaux et al 2007).…”

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Bohra nullarbora sp. nov., a second tree-kangaroo (Marsupialia: Macropodidae) from the Pleistocene of the Nullarbor Plain, Western Australia

Prideaux¹,

Warburton²

2009

Rec West Aust Mus

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-Bohra nullarbora sp. nov. is described from a partial skeleton collected from a diverse Pleistocene vertebrate assemblage preserved in Leaena's Breath Cave, Nullarbor Plain, Western Australia. It is distinguished from its Nullarbor contemporary, B. illuminata, by having different cranial proportions, smaller cheek teeth and a relatively narrower upper premolar. It also differs in a number of postcranial attributes, which may reflect slight variation in locomotory capabilities. The unexpected discovery that, in the relatively recent geological past, two large arboreal kangaroos inhabited the now 'Treeless' Plain effectively highlights how little we still know about the Pleistocene history of Western Australia, and of the drier regions of the continent in general.

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The postcranial skeleton of the Miocene kangaroo,Hadronomas puckridgiWoodburne (Marsupialia, Macropodidae)

Cited by 26 publications

References 6 publications

Revision of basal macropodids from the Riversleigh World Heritage Area with descriptions of new material of Ganguroo bilamina Cooke, 1997 and a new species

Revision of basal macropodids from the Riversleigh World Heritage Area with descriptions of new material of Ganguroo bilamina Cooke, 1997 and a new species

Role of development in the evolution of the scapula of the giant sthenurine kangaroos (Macropodidae: Sthenurinae)

Bohra nullarbora sp. nov., a second tree-kangaroo (Marsupialia: Macropodidae) from the Pleistocene of the Nullarbor Plain, Western Australia

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