{"id":375,"date":"2022-10-14T11:27:51","date_gmt":"2022-10-14T00:57:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.flinders.edu.au\/vamp\/?page_id=375"},"modified":"2023-05-29T16:07:49","modified_gmt":"2023-05-29T06:37:49","slug":"murrayglossus-hacketti","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.flinders.edu.au\/vamp\/fossils\/vertebrate-fossils\/monotremes\/murrayglossus-hacketti\/","title":{"rendered":"Murrayglossus hacketti<\/i>"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Murrayglossus hacketti<\/em><\/h2>\n

Murrayglossus hacketti <\/em>(formerly ‘Zaglossus<\/em>‘) was a giant species of echidna that lived in Australia during the Pleistocene epoch. It could grow up to about a metre in length and weighed an estimated 30 kg, around the weight of a labrador.<\/p>\n

Little is known of how M. hacketti <\/em>lived. It has been suggested that a shortened tibia and relatively long femur helped to shift the animal’s centre of gravity backwards, increasing the mobility of the forelimbs. This could have made digging or tearing movements easier, and may have allowed an upright bipedal stance while feeding on ants or termites nests. This adaptation may also have aided in climbing trees.<\/p>\n

The scanned bones you can view here are from the\u00a0holotype<\/dfn> specimen.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Skeletal element:<\/strong>\u00a0Femur (left)
\nSpecimen number:<\/strong> WAM 60.10.1
\nSignificance of specimen:<\/strong>\u00a0Holotype (part)
\nGeological age:<\/strong>\u00a0Pleistocene
\nState\/territory:<\/strong>\u00a0Western Australia
\nLocality\/site:<\/strong>\u00a0Mammoth Cave, Margaret River<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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View more bones from the
\nMurrayglossus hacketti<\/em> holotype<\/h2>\n

Vertebrae:<\/strong> Atlas<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n

Pectoral girdle:<\/strong> Clavicle<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n

Pelvic girdle:<\/strong> Pelvis<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n

Hindlimb:<\/strong> Tibia<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]Glauert, L. (1910).\u00a0The Mammoth Cave. Records of the West Australian Museum<\/i>\u00a01,\u00a09<\/span>\u201330<\/span>.
\nhttps:\/\/museum.wa.gov.au\/sites\/default\/files\/VOL.1<\/a><\/p>\n

Murray<\/span>,\u00a0P. F.<\/span><\/span> (1978)<\/span>.\u00a0Late Cenozoic monotreme anteaters<\/span>.\u00a0Australian Zoologist<\/i>\u00a020,\u00a029<\/span>\u201355<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Flannery, T. F., T. H. Rich, P. Vickers-Rich, T. Ziegler, E. G. Veatch & K. M. Helgen<\/span>\u00a0(2022).<\/span>\u00a0A review of monotreme (Monotremata) evolution,<\/span>\u00a0Alcheringa<\/em>: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology<\/em>,<\/span>\u00a046:1,<\/span>\u00a03\u201320.<\/span>
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