Editing Diprotodon (section)

====Paws====
''Diprotodon'' has five digits on either paw. Like other [[plantigrade]] walkers, where the paws were flat on the ground, the wrist and ankle would have been largely rigid and inflexible.<ref name=Stirling1899/><ref name=Weisbecker2008/> The digits are proportionally weak so the paws probably had a lot of padding.{{sfn|Vickers-Rich|1991|loc=p. 1102}} Similarly, the digits do not seem to have been much engaged in weight bearing.<ref name=Weisbecker2008/><ref name=Carey2011/>

The forepaw was strong and the shape of the wrist bones is quite similar to those of kangaroos. Like other vombatiformes, the [[metacarpal]]s, which connect the fingers to the wrist, are broadly similar to those of kangaroos and allies.<ref name=Weisbecker2008>{{cite journal|first1=V.|last1=Weisbecker|first2=M.|last2=Archer|year=2008|title=Parallel evolution of hand anatomy in kangaroos and vombatiform marsupials: Functional and evolutionary implications|journal=Palaeontology|volume=51|issue=2|pages=321–338|doi=10.1111/j.1475-4983.2007.00750.x|s2cid=82172054 |doi-access=free|bibcode=2008Palgy..51..321W }}</ref> The enlarged [[pisiform bone]] takes up half the jointing surface of the ulna. The fifth digit on the forepaw is the largest.<ref name=Stirling1899>{{cite book|first1=E. C.|last1=Stirling|first2=A. H. C.|last2=Zietz|author-link=Edward Charles Stirling|year=1899|title=Description of the manus and pes of Diprotodon australis|series=Fossil Remains of Lake Callabonna|publisher=Memoirs of the Royal Society of South Australia|pages=1–40}}</ref>

The digits of the hindpaws turn inwards from the ankle at 130 degrees. The [[second metatarsal|second]] and [[third metatarsal]]s (the [[metatarsal]]s connect the toes to the ankle) are significantly reduced, which may mean these digits were [[syndactyly|syndactylous]] (fused) like those of all modern diprotodontians. The first, fourth, and fifth digits are enlarged. The toes are each about the same length, except the fifth which is much stouter.<ref>{{cite journal|first1=A.|last1=Camens|first2=R.|last2=Wells|year=2009|title=Palaeobiology of Euowenia grata (Marsupialia: Diprotodontinae) and its Presence in Northern South Australia|journal=Journal of Mammalian Evolution|volume=17|issue=1|pages=9–10|doi=10.1007/s10914-009-9121-2|s2cid=42667860 }}</ref>