http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification 720 https://escholarship.org/uc/ucpress_ucpgs/rss Recent eScholarship items from UC Publications in Geological Sciences Tue, 16 Jun 2026 18:39:06 +0000 https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9z42c7t1 <p>The subfamily Sthenurinae (Macropodoidea, Diprotodontia) is an extinct group of robust kangaroos. The earliest sthenurine appears in the late Miocene of central Australia, but the group is most common in the Pleistocene faunas of southern and eastern Australia. Since the Sthenurinae was last reviewed over three decades ago, species diversity has more than doubled. Many species are now also represented by series of well-preserved specimens, including complete crania and skeletons. New insights generated by these discoveries provided the major impetus for this review of sthenurine systematics, functional morphology, paleoecology, biochronology and zoogeography.</p><p>Sthenurinae is diagnosed on the basis of nine craniodental synapomorphies, making it the best-defined kangaroo subfamily. Two new genera and four new species are recognized here, bringing the total to six genera and 26 species. A new tribe (Simosthenurini) is raised to include... https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9z42c7t1 Wed, 19 May 2004 00:00:00 +0000 Prideaux, Gavin