Jumping giants: Fossils show giant prehistoric kangaroos could still hop

Sthenurine skeleton in the South Australian Museum . Photo: Megan Jones 

Reconstructions of Sthenurine Hopping. Credit: Megan Jones

Heel bone of the largest giant kangaroo species, Procoptodon goliah. Photos are by Megan Jones and the specimen is from UCMP, Berkeley (please credit both Megan and UCMP)

Heel bone of the largest giant kangaroo species, Procoptodon goliah. Photos are by Megan Jones and the specimen is from UCMP, Berkeley (please credit both Megan and UCMP)

Heel bone of the largest giant kangaroo species, Procoptodon goliah. Photos are by Megan Jones and the specimen is from UCMP, Berkeley (please credit both Megan and UCMP)

Heel bone of the largest giant kangaroo species, Procoptodon goliah. Photos are by Megan Jones and the specimen is from UCMP, Berkeley (please credit both Megan and UCMP)