Most, though not all of these, were sthenurines or short-faced kangaroos. Long-faced kangaroo species (macropodids) lived alongside sthenurines, and survive around Australia today. Along with ...

Most, though not all of these, were sthenurines or short-faced kangaroos. Long-faced kangaroo species (macropodids) lived alongside sthenurines, and survive around Australia today. Along with ...

"The distinctive short-faced kangaroo anatomy led to a widespread view that sthenurines were unable to adapt their diets when climate change altered vegetation patterns, leading to their ...

Some paleontologists argue this was the case based on differences in kangaroo skull shape and chemistry — that short-faced kangaroos fed primarily on shrubs and long-faced kangaroos fed mostly ...