Literature DB >> 15101412

The size of the largest marsupial and why it matters.

Stephen Wroe1, Mathew Crowther, Joe Dortch, John Chong.   

Abstract

We show that at 2786 kg, the largest known marsupial, Diprotodon optatum, was much larger than has previously been suggested. Our results contradict the conclusion that the maximum attainable body mass of an Australian marsupial has been constrained by low productivity.

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Year:  2004        PMID： 15101412      PMCID： PMC1810005          DOI： 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0095

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Proc Biol Sci        ISSN： 0962-8452            Impact factor:   5.349


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1.  Determinants of loss of mammal species during the Late Quaternary 'megafauna' extinctions: life history and ecology, but not body size.

Authors:  C N Johnson
Journal:  Proc Biol Sci       Date:  2002-11-07       Impact factor: 5.349
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1.  On the rarity of big fierce carnivores and primacy of isolation and area: tracking large mammalian carnivore diversity on two isolated continents.

Authors:  Stephen Wroe; Christine Argot; Christopher Dickman
Journal:  Proc Biol Sci       Date:  2004-06-07       Impact factor: 5.349

2.  Bite club: comparative bite force in big biting mammals and the prediction of predatory behaviour in fossil taxa.

Authors:  Stephen Wroe; Colin McHenry; Jeffrey Thomason
Journal:  Proc Biol Sci       Date:  2005-03-22       Impact factor: 5.349

3.  Climate change frames debate over the extinction of megafauna in Sahul (Pleistocene Australia-New Guinea).

Authors:  Stephen Wroe; Judith H Field; Michael Archer; Donald K Grayson; Gilbert J Price; Julien Louys; J Tyler Faith; Gregory E Webb; Iain Davidson; Scott D Mooney
Journal:  Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A       Date:  2013-05-06       Impact factor: 11.205

4.  Seasonal migration of marsupial megafauna in Pleistocene Sahul (Australia-New Guinea).

Authors:  Gilbert J Price; Kyle J Ferguson; Gregory E Webb; Yue-Xing Feng; Pennilyn Higgins; Ai Duc Nguyen; Jian-Xin Zhao; Renaud Joannes-Boyau; Julien Louys
Journal:  Proc Biol Sci       Date:  2017-09-27       Impact factor: 5.349

5.  Cranial biomechanics, bite force and function of the endocranial sinuses in Diprotodon optatum, the largest known marsupial.

Authors:  Alana C Sharp; Thomas H Rich
Journal:  J Anat       Date:  2016-03-03       Impact factor: 2.610

6.  The extraordinary osteology and functional morphology of the limbs in Palorchestidae, a family of strange extinct marsupial giants.

Authors:  Hazel L Richards; Rod T Wells; Alistair R Evans; Erich M G Fitzgerald; Justin W Adams
Journal:  PLoS One       Date:  2019-09-13       Impact factor: 3.240

7.  Contemporaneous trace and body fossils from a late Pleistocene Lakebed in Victoria, Australia, allow assessment of bias in the fossil record.

Authors:  Aaron Bruce Camens; Stephen Paul Carey
Journal:  PLoS One       Date:  2013-01-02       Impact factor: 3.240
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