{"id":948,"date":"2023-05-30T14:49:20","date_gmt":"2023-05-30T05:19:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.flinders.edu.au\/vamp\/?page_id=948"},"modified":"2023-05-30T14:49:20","modified_gmt":"2023-05-30T05:19:20","slug":"large-herbivore-coprolite-cf-diprotodontid","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.flinders.edu.au\/vamp\/fossils\/trace-fossils\/diprotodontidae\/large-herbivore-coprolite-cf-diprotodontid\/","title":{"rendered":"Large herbivore coprolite cf. diprotodontid"},"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>cf. diprotodontid<\/h1>\n<p>This coprolite, collected from late Pleistocene sediments on Cooper Creek in the Lake Eyre Basin, is full of voids that were once occupied by vegetation, giving clues as to what its maker ate. Due to its size, there are very few animals that could have made this ol&#8217; poo and the mostly likely candidate is\u00a0<em>Diprotodon optatum<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Skeletal element:<\/strong> Coprolite<br \/>\n<strong>Specimen number:<\/strong> SAMA P57907<br \/>\n<strong>Significance of specimen:<\/strong> Coprolites are quite common in this deposit<br \/>\n<strong>Geological age:<\/strong> Late Pleistocene, Katipiri Formation<br \/>\n<strong>State\/territory:<\/strong> South Australia<br \/>\n<strong>Locality\/site:<\/strong> Cuttupirra Waterhole, Cooper Creek[\/vc_column_text][vc_raw_html]JTNDaWZyYW1lJTIwc3JjJTNEJTIyaHR0cHMlM0ElMkYlMkZ3d3cubW9ycGhvc291cmNlLm9yZyUyRnV2Lmh0bWwlMjMlM0ZtYW5pZmVzdCUzRCUyRm1hbmlmZXN0cyUyRmM1NTgzZDJjLWUyNjctNGVhYS1hNGI5LTc4NjZmMDU0ZTFkZSUyMiUyMHdpZHRoJTNEJTIyNTYwJTIyJTIwaGVpZ2h0JTNEJTIyNDIwJTIyJTIwYWxsb3dmdWxsc2NyZWVuJTIwZnJhbWVib3JkZXIlM0QlMjIwJTIyJTNFJTNDJTJGaWZyYW1lJTNF[\/vc_raw_html][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image=&#8221;954&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221;][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][\/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] cf. diprotodontid This coprolite, collected from late Pleistocene sediments on Cooper Creek in the Lake Eyre Basin, is full of voids that were once occupied by vegetation, giving clues as to what its maker ate. Due to its size, there are very few animals that could have made this ol&#8217; poo and the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"parent":785,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-948","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.flinders.edu.au\/vamp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/948","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\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.flinders.edu.au\/vamp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=948"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.flinders.edu.au\/vamp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/948\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.flinders.edu.au\/vamp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.flinders.edu.au\/vamp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}