Reassembled partial skeleton Ambulator keanei (SAMA P54742) with silhouette demonstrating advanced adaptations for quadrupedal, graviportal walking. Credit: Jacob Van Zoelen (Flinders University)
A new genus of diprotodontid has been identified through the use of 3D scanning technology.
Paleontologists from Flinders University, utilizing advanced 3D scans and other cutting-edge technology, have provided a new perspective on the fragmentary remains of a 3.5 million-year-old marsupial from Central Australia, now identified as one of the first known long-distance walkers in the country.
They…
Continue Reading
News Source: scitechdaily.com