Name - Diprotodon optatum

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:1687748 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

• Diprotodon optatum Owen 1838

• Diprotodon optatum Owen in T. L. Mitchell 1838

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Recent Publications

• Cultural innovation and megafauna interaction in the early settlement of arid Australia.
• Cranial biomechanics, bite force and function of the endocranial sinuses in Diprotodon optatum, the largest known marsupial.
• A quantitative comparative analysis of the size of the frontoparietal sinuses and brain in vombatiform marsupials.
• Seasonal migration of marsupial megafauna in Pleistocene Sahul (Australia-New Guinea).
• New ages of the world's largest-ever marsupial: Diprotodon optatum from Pleistocene Australia.

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