In Australia today, the biggest tree-dwelling mammals are our iconic and much loved koala and the enigmatic Bennett’s tree-kangaroo. The largest males of both species weigh a mere 14 kg.
But a study of skeletons unearthed in a World Heritage–listed fossil cave in Queensland – published in PlosONE this week – has revealed that 15 million years ago, Australia’s ancient forest canopies were home to herds of 70 kg wombat-like marsupials. These marsupials were called Nimbadon, and were the largest arboreal marsupial herbivores ever known.
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Bones of giant tree-wombat unearthed
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, Nov 24 2012 04:47 PM
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Posted 24 November 2012 - 04:47 PM
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Posted 24 November 2012 - 05:03 PM
Owwwww. I've never heard of them before . Very cool
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Posted 24 November 2012 - 10:49 PM
Seems like we are always discovering something that was much larger or smaller. Makes you wonder what some of the animals we have around today will look like in the distant future if they survive.
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