{"id":956,"date":"2023-05-30T15:01:39","date_gmt":"2023-05-30T05:31:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.flinders.edu.au\/vamp\/?page_id=956"},"modified":"2023-05-30T16:52:50","modified_gmt":"2023-05-30T07:22:50","slug":"protemnodon-metatarsal-chewed-by-sarcophilus-harrisii","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.flinders.edu.au\/vamp\/macropodidae\/protemnodon-metatarsal-chewed-by-sarcophilus-harrisii\/","title":{"rendered":"Protemnodon metatarsal chewed by Sarcophilus harrisii"},"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>Sarcophilus harrisii\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<em>Protemnodon sp.<\/em><\/h1>\n<h2>Tasmanian Devil and <em>Protemnodon<\/em><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 15px;color: #222222\">This bone is the fourth metatarsal from a species of <em>Protemnodon <\/em>kangaroo. At its distal end are several neat punctures that fit closely with the size and shape of the canines of\u00a0<em>Sarcophilus harrisii<\/em>. The fossil comes from the deposits of the lower Cooper Creek in the Lake Eyre Basin, where bite-marked bones are relatively common.<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Skeletal element:<\/strong> Metatarsal IV (right)<br \/>\n<strong>Specimen number:<\/strong> SAMA P25141<br \/>\n<strong>Significance of specimen:<\/strong> An excellent example of\u00a0<em>Sarcophilus <\/em>bite marks<br \/>\n<strong>Geological age:<\/strong> Late Pleistocene, Katipiri Formation<br \/>\n<strong>State\/territory:<\/strong> South Australia<br \/>\n<strong>Locality\/site:<\/strong> Katapiri Waterhole, Cooper Creek[\/vc_column_text][vc_raw_html]JTNDcCUzRVNjYW4lMjBzdGlsbCUyMGJlaW5nJTIwcHJvY2Vzc2VkJTNDJTJGcCUzRQ==[\/vc_raw_html][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image=&#8221;957&#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] Sarcophilus harrisii\u00a0and\u00a0Protemnodon sp. Tasmanian Devil and Protemnodon This bone is the fourth metatarsal from a species of Protemnodon kangaroo. At its distal end are several neat punctures that fit closely with the size and shape of the canines of\u00a0Sarcophilus harrisii. The fossil comes from the deposits of the lower Cooper Creek in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"parent":772,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-956","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.flinders.edu.au\/vamp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/956","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=956"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.flinders.edu.au\/vamp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/956\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.flinders.edu.au\/vamp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.flinders.edu.au\/vamp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}