The extraordinary osteology and functional morphology of the limbs in Palorchestidae, a family of strange extinct marsupial giants

• Hazel L. Richards ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: hazel.l.richards@gmail.com

  Affiliations School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia, Geosciences, Museums Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9272-6815

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• Rod T. Wells,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Ecology and Evolution, College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, Palaeontology, South Australian Museum, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

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• Alistair R. Evans,

  Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia, Geosciences, Museums Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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• Erich M. G. Fitzgerald,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Geosciences, Museums Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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• Justin W. Adams

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Geosciences, Museums Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Department of Anatomy & Developmental Biology, School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia

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