Herds Overhead Nimbadon lavarackorum (Diprotodontidae), Heavyweight Marsupial Herbivores in the Miocene Forests of Australia 英文参考文献.docVIP
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Herds Overhead Nimbadon lavarackorum (Diprotodontidae), Heavyweight Marsupial Herbivores in the Miocene Forests of Australia 英文参考文献
HerdsOverhead:Nimbadonlavarackorum
(Diprotodontidae),HeavyweightMarsupialHerbivoresin
theMioceneForestsofAustralia
KarenH.Black1*,AaronB.Camens2*,MichaelArcher1,SuzanneJ.Hand1
1SchoolofBiological,EarthandEnvironmentalSciences,UniversityofNewSouthWales,Sydney,NewSouthWales,Australia,2DepartmentofEarthandEnvironmental
Sciences,UniversityofAdelaide,Adelaide,SouthAustralia,Australia
Abstract
The marsupial family Diprotodontidae (Diprotodontia, Vombatiformes) is a group of extinct large-bodied (60–2500kg)
wombat-likeherbivoresthatwerecommonandgeographicallywidespreadinCenozoicfossildepositsofAustraliaandNew
Guinea.Typicallytheyareregardedtobegregarious,terrestrialquadrupedsandhavebeenlikenedinbodyformamong
placentalgroupstosheep,rhinocerosandhippopotami.Arguably,oneofthebestrepresentedspeciesisthezygomaturine
diprotodontidNimbadonlavarackorumwhichisknownfromexceptionallywell-preservedcranialandpostcranialmaterial
fromthemiddleMiocenecavedepositAL90,intheRiversleighWorldHeritageArea,northwesternQueensland.Herewe
describe and functionally analyse the appendicular skeleton of Nimbadon lavarackorum and reveal a far more unique
lifestyle for this plesiomorphic and smallest of diprotodontids. Striking similarities are evident between the skeleton of
Nimbadon and that of the extant arboreal koala Phascolarctos cinereus, including the powerfully built forelimbs, highly
mobile shoulder and elbow joints, proportionately large manus and pes (both with a semi-opposable digit I) and
exceedingly large, recurved and laterally compressed claws. Combined with the unique (among australidelphians)
proportionately shortened hindlimbs of Nimbadon, these features suggest adept climbing ability, probable suspensory
behaviour,andanarboreallifestyle.Atapproximately70kg,Nimbadonisthelargestherbivorousmammaltohaveoccupied
theforestcanopiesofAustralia-anecologicalnichethatisnolongeroccupiedinanyAustralianecosystemandonethat
furtherexpandsthealreadysignificantnichediversitydisplayedbymarsupialsdur
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