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Wednesday 31 May 2023

Quarter-ton marsupial roamed long distances across Australia's arid interior

One of Australia's first long-distance walkers has been described after palaeontologists used advanced 3D scans and other technology to take a new look at the partial remains of a 3.5 million year old marsupial from central Australia.   They have named a new genus of diprotodontid Ambulator, meaning walker or wanderer, because the locomotory adaptations of the legs and feet of this quarter-tonne animal would have made it well suited to roam long distances in search of food and water when compared to earlier relatives.

from All Top News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/4ZBpHMk

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