{"id":961,"date":"2023-05-30T15:20:45","date_gmt":"2023-05-30T05:50:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.flinders.edu.au\/vamp\/?page_id=961"},"modified":"2023-05-30T15:20:45","modified_gmt":"2023-05-30T05:50:45","slug":"protemnodon-hopping-trace-from-clare-bay","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.flinders.edu.au\/vamp\/macropodidae\/protemnodon-hopping-trace-from-clare-bay\/","title":{"rendered":"Protemnodon hopping trace from Clare Bay"},"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>Protemnodon sp.<\/em><\/h1>\n<p>This is the trackway that started it all! This trace shows the characteristic paired prints of a hopping kangaroo and the large lateral digit impression makes it highly probable that the trace maker was belonged to the genus\u00a0<em>Protemnodon<\/em>. It was the first mammal trace described from Australia and is preserved in the fossil sand dune sediments (aeolianite) of the Bridgewater Formation on South Australia&#8217;s rugged western coast.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Skeletal element:<\/strong> Hopping trace<br \/>\n<strong>Specimen number:<\/strong> FU2791<br \/>\n<strong>Significance of specimen:<\/strong> First mammal trace documented from Australia<br \/>\n<strong>Geological age:<\/strong> Late Pleistocene, Bridgewater Formation<br \/>\n<strong>State\/territory:<\/strong> South Australia<br \/>\n<strong>Locality\/site:<\/strong> Clare Bay[\/vc_column_text][vc_raw_html]JTNDaWZyYW1lJTIwc3JjJTNEJTIyaHR0cHMlM0ElMkYlMkZ3d3cubW9ycGhvc291cmNlLm9yZyUyRnV2Lmh0bWwlMjMlM0ZtYW5pZmVzdCUzRCUyRm1hbmlmZXN0cyUyRmRhN2YzMjczLWE2MzItNDQzZS1iY2FiLTM4YThkNWJiZGZjNyUyMiUyMHdpZHRoJTNEJTIyNTYwJTIyJTIwaGVpZ2h0JTNEJTIyNDIwJTIyJTIwYWxsb3dmdWxsc2NyZWVuJTIwZnJhbWVib3JkZXIlM0QlMjIwJTIyJTNFJTNDJTJGaWZyYW1lJTNF[\/vc_raw_html][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image=&#8221;962&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221;][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Belperio, A.P. and Fotheringham, D.G., 1990. Geological setting of two quaternary footprint sites, western South Australia,\u00a0<em>Australian Journal of Earth Sciences<\/em>, 37, 1, 37-42. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/08120099008727903\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/08120099008727903<\/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] Protemnodon sp. This is the trackway that started it all! This trace shows the characteristic paired prints of a hopping kangaroo and the large lateral digit impression makes it highly probable that the trace maker was belonged to the genus\u00a0Protemnodon. It was the first mammal trace described from Australia and is preserved in [&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-961","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.flinders.edu.au\/vamp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/961","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=961"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.flinders.edu.au\/vamp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/961\/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=961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}