Cranial remains of Ramsayia magna from the Late Pleistocene of Australia and the evolution of gigantism in wombats (Marsupialia, Vombatidae)
@article{Louys2022CranialRO,
title={Cranial remains of Ramsayia magna from the Late Pleistocene of Australia and the evolution of gigantism in wombats (Marsupialia, Vombatidae)},
author={Julien Louys and Mathieu Duval and Robin M. D. Beck and Eleanor M. A. Pease and Ian Sobbe and Noel Sands and Gilbert J. Price},
journal={Papers in Palaeontology},
year={2022},
volume={8},
url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:254622473}
}The most complete cranial remains attributable to the genus R. magna are reported, suggesting a single origin of gigantism within Vombatidae, which may be related to the exploitation of poor‐quality foods, and preceded extreme specializations observed in the cranial anatomy of the giant wombats.
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