{"id":161,"date":"2021-11-15T13:23:43","date_gmt":"2021-11-15T02:53:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.flinders.edu.au\/vamp\/?page_id=161"},"modified":"2023-06-02T12:09:37","modified_gmt":"2023-06-02T02:39:37","slug":"meniscolophus-mawsoni","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.flinders.edu.au\/vamp\/fossils\/vertebrate-fossils\/marsupials\/diprotodontidae-family-diprotodons-relatives\/meniscolophus-mawsoni\/","title":{"rendered":"Meniscolophus mawsoni<\/i>"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Meniscolophus mawsoni<\/em><\/h1>\n

Meniscolophus mawsoni <\/em>is an enigmatic diprotodontid known from the early Pliocene of the Tirari Desert in South Australia. Very little is known about this species, as only a handful of specimens have been found.<\/p>\n

The 3D scans available here – the lower mandibles (jaws), a molar tooth and a partial maxilla (upper jaw) – are from the holotype specimen.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Skeletal element:<\/strong> Mandibles
\nSpecimen number:<\/strong> SAMA P13647
\nSignificance of specimen:<\/strong> Holotype (part)
\nGeological age:<\/strong> Pliocene
\nState\/territory:<\/strong> South Australia
\nLocality:<\/strong> Woodard Quarry, Lake Palankarinna[\/vc_column_text][vc_raw_html]JTNDaWZyYW1lJTIwc3JjJTNEJTIyaHR0cHMlM0ElMkYlMkZ3d3cubW9ycGhvc291cmNlLm9yZyUyRnV2Lmh0bWwlMjMlM0ZtYW5pZmVzdCUzRCUyRm1hbmlmZXN0cyUyRjc3YTZlZTQ4LTU5N2QtNDBiMC1iODFhLTUxZmE3N2ZmNjU0NyUyMiUyMHdpZHRoJTNEJTIyMzIwJTIyJTIwaGVpZ2h0JTNEJTIyMjQwJTIyJTIwYWxsb3dmdWxsc2NyZWVuJTIwZnJhbWVib3JkZXIlM0QlMjIwJTIyJTNFJTNDJTJGaWZyYW1lJTNF[\/vc_raw_html][vc_column_text][\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

View scans of other skeletal elements from the Meniscolophus mawsoni <\/em>holotype<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Maxilla<\/a> |\u00a0Molar tooth (upper third)<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image=”545″ img_size=”medium” add_caption=”yes”][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text] Meniscolophus mawsoni Meniscolophus mawsoni is an enigmatic diprotodontid known from the early Pliocene of the Tirari Desert in South Australia. Very little is known about this species, as only a handful of specimens have been found. The 3D scans available here – the lower mandibles (jaws), a molar tooth and a partial maxilla […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":0,"parent":149,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-161","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.flinders.edu.au\/vamp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.flinders.edu.au\/vamp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.flinders.edu.au\/vamp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.flinders.edu.au\/vamp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/43"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.flinders.edu.au\/vamp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.flinders.edu.au\/vamp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/161\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.flinders.edu.au\/vamp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.flinders.edu.au\/vamp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}