Unique megafauna fossils unearthed in tropical Australia
More than 40,000 years ago, Australia’s tropical northeast was home to species of giant birds, reptiles and marsupials, including the world’s largest kangaroo, standing 2.5 metres tall, a seven-metre-long freshwater crocodile and giant lizards.
Discovery of their remains, fossilised during the Pleistocene, is reported in the journal Nature Communications, along with unique insights that help unravel some of the enduring mystery of what drove megafauna extinction in Sahul (Australia and New Guinea).
Published by Cosmos.
