{"id":807,"date":"2023-05-30T10:59:40","date_gmt":"2023-05-30T01:29:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.flinders.edu.au\/vamp\/?page_id=807"},"modified":"2023-05-31T13:48:52","modified_gmt":"2023-05-31T04:18:52","slug":"sthenurus-stirlingi","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.flinders.edu.au\/vamp\/fossils\/vertebrate-fossils\/marsupials\/macropodidae-family-kangaroos-wallabies\/sthenurus-stirlingi\/","title":{"rendered":"<i>Sthenurus stirlingi<\/i>"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1><em>Sthenurus stirlingi<\/em><\/h1>\n<p><em>Sthenurus stirlingi<\/em> is the largest of the species of\u00a0<em>Sthenurus<\/em>, a genus of short-faced kangaroos in the extinct subfamily Sthenurinae. This species was first described by Rod Wells and Dick Tedford in 1995.<\/p>\n<p>Standing at least 2 m tall and weighing 150 kg, <em>S. stirlingi<\/em> was one of the largest kangaroos ever. The species inhabited the arid and semi-arid inland of Pleistocene Australia, where it browsed on tough leaves and branches from trees, shrubs, and bushes such as saltbush. This species, along with other large sthenurines, may have strode bipedally at low speeds instead of hopping.<\/p>\n<p>Check the links below to view more of the holotype specimen.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Specimen number:<\/strong> SAMA P22533<br \/>\n<strong>Significance of specimen:\u00a0<\/strong>Holotype<br \/>\n<strong>Geological age:<\/strong> Pleistocene<br \/>\n<strong>State\/territory:<\/strong> South Australia<br \/>\n<strong>Locality\/site:<\/strong> Lake Callabonna[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image=&#8221;810&#8243; img_size=&#8221;medium&#8221; add_caption=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;811&#8243; img_size=&#8221;medium&#8221; add_caption=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<strong>Skeletal element:<\/strong> cranium[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<strong>Skeletal element:<\/strong> mandible (left)[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_raw_html]JTNDaWZyYW1lJTIwc3JjJTNEJTIyaHR0cHMlM0ElMkYlMkZ3d3cubW9ycGhvc291cmNlLm9yZyUyRnV2Lmh0bWwlMjMlM0ZtYW5pZmVzdCUzRCUyRm1hbmlmZXN0cyUyRjA5YzA2MzNjLTA5MTktNDc3ZC1hOGMxLWUzNjg2ODYxZTk1OSUyMiUyMHdpZHRoJTNEJTIyNTYwJTIyJTIwaGVpZ2h0JTNEJTIyNDIwJTIyJTIwYWxsb3dmdWxsc2NyZWVuJTIwZnJhbWVib3JkZXIlM0QlMjIwJTIyJTNFJTNDJTJGaWZyYW1lJTNF[\/vc_raw_html][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_raw_html]JTNDaWZyYW1lJTIwc3JjJTNEJTIyaHR0cHMlM0ElMkYlMkZ3d3cubW9ycGhvc291cmNlLm9yZyUyRnV2Lmh0bWwlMjMlM0ZtYW5pZmVzdCUzRCUyRm1hbmlmZXN0cyUyRmRhZTFlZGNkLTgxMjctNGMxMy04ODk2LWI2YzUyMGI4NTEzMyUyMiUyMHdpZHRoJTNEJTIyNTYwJTIyJTIwaGVpZ2h0JTNEJTIyNDIwJTIyJTIwYWxsb3dmdWxsc2NyZWVuJTIwZnJhbWVib3JkZXIlM0QlMjIwJTIyJTNFJTNDJTJGaWZyYW1lJTNF[\/vc_raw_html][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h4><em><strong>View more bones of this specimen:<\/strong><\/em><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.flinders.edu.au\/vamp\/fossils\/vertebrate-fossils\/marsupials\/macropodidae-family-kangaroos-wallabies\/sthenurus-stirlingi\/1010-2\/\"><strong>Carpals and metacarpal 4 (left)<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.flinders.edu.au\/vamp\/fossils\/vertebrate-fossils\/marsupials\/macropodidae-family-kangaroos-wallabies\/sthenurus-stirlingi\/1010-2\/\"><strong>Scapula (left)<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Wells, R. T. &amp; R. H. Tedford (1995). <em>Sthenurus<\/em> (Macropodidae, Marsupialia) from the Pleistocene of Lake Callabonna, South Australia. <em>Bulletin of the AMNH,<\/em> 225, 1\u2013111.<\/p>\n<p>Janis, C. M., K. Buttrill, &amp; B. Figueirido (2014). Locomotion in extinct giant kangaroos: were sthenurines hop-less monsters?. <i>PLoS One<\/i>,\u00a09(10), e109888.<br \/>\nDOI: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1371\/journal.pone.0109888\">10.1371\/journal.pone.0109888<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text] Sthenurus stirlingi Sthenurus stirlingi is the largest of the species of\u00a0Sthenurus, a genus of short-faced kangaroos in the extinct subfamily Sthenurinae. This species was first described by Rod Wells and Dick Tedford in 1995. Standing at least 2 m tall and weighing 150 kg, S. stirlingi was one of the largest kangaroos ever. 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