{"id":980,"date":"2023-05-30T15:48:19","date_gmt":"2023-05-30T06:18:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.flinders.edu.au\/vamp\/?page_id=980"},"modified":"2023-05-30T15:48:19","modified_gmt":"2023-05-30T06:18:19","slug":"macropus-sp-calcaneus-bitten-by-thylacoleo-carnifex","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.flinders.edu.au\/vamp\/fossils\/trace-fossils\/thylacoleonidae\/macropus-sp-calcaneus-bitten-by-thylacoleo-carnifex\/","title":{"rendered":"Macropus sp. calcaneus bitten by Thylacoleo carnifex"},"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>Macropus sp.\u00a0<\/em>calcaneus bitten by\u00a0<em>Thylacoleo carnifex<\/em><\/h1>\n<h2>Kangaroo heel bone bitten by marsupial &#8216;lion&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p>This is the calcaneus (heel bone) of a modern kangaroo species from the Cooper Creek in the Lake Eyre Basin. The large, v-shaped incision in the bone is the result of the powerful bite force of\u00a0<em>Thylacoleo carnifex\u00a0<\/em>the largest marsupial predator ever to evolve in Australia.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Skeletal element:<\/strong> Calcaneus<br \/>\n<strong>Specimen number:<\/strong> SAMA P54625<br \/>\n<strong>Significance of specimen:<\/strong> Provides important information about hunting strategy of\u00a0<em>Thylacoleo<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Geological age:<\/strong> Late Pleistocene, Katipiri Formation<br \/>\n<strong>State\/territory:<\/strong> South Australia<br \/>\n<strong>Locality\/site:<\/strong> Malkuni Waterhole, Cooper Creek[\/vc_column_text][vc_raw_html]JTNDaWZyYW1lJTIwc3JjJTNEJTIyaHR0cHMlM0ElMkYlMkZ3d3cubW9ycGhvc291cmNlLm9yZyUyRnV2Lmh0bWwlMjMlM0ZtYW5pZmVzdCUzRCUyRm1hbmlmZXN0cyUyRjUwNWYxYmRmLTJiNmItNGE2OC1iZjlhLTNmMWFmMGJmZTFlYiUyMiUyMHdpZHRoJTNEJTIyNTYwJTIyJTIwaGVpZ2h0JTNEJTIyNDIwJTIyJTIwYWxsb3dmdWxsc2NyZWVuJTIwZnJhbWVib3JkZXIlM0QlMjIwJTIyJTNFJTNDJTJGaWZyYW1lJTNF[\/vc_raw_html][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image=&#8221;981&#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] Macropus sp.\u00a0calcaneus bitten by\u00a0Thylacoleo carnifex Kangaroo heel bone bitten by marsupial &#8216;lion&#8217; This is the calcaneus (heel bone) of a modern kangaroo species from the Cooper Creek in the Lake Eyre Basin. The large, v-shaped incision in the bone is the result of the powerful bite force of\u00a0Thylacoleo carnifex\u00a0the largest marsupial predator ever [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"parent":783,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-980","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.flinders.edu.au\/vamp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/980","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=980"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.flinders.edu.au\/vamp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/980\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.flinders.edu.au\/vamp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.flinders.edu.au\/vamp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}