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More model informationThis is a model of the cranium of Diprotodon optatum (NMV P31299) from the collection of Museum Victoria (https://museumvictoria.com.au/melbournemuseum/discoverycentre/600-million-years/timeline/quaternary/diprotodon/). This fossil was recovered from Pleistocene sediments at Bacchus Marsh in Victoria, Australia. Diprotodon is the largest marsupial known and could have weighed over three tons.
This model accompanies articles published in PeerJ (https://peerj.com/articles/514/) and Journal of Anatomy (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/joa.12456/abstract) that describe the cranium, jaw muscles and endocranial sinuses.
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