Holy Giant Wombats!
Posted by: Loren Coleman on June 23rd, 2012
Australian scientists announced the discovery of a massive “graveyard” of Diprotodons, giant wombats, the largest marsupials to have ever lived. The fossil site is located in a remote area of ​​Queensland, eastern Australia, and reportedly contains twenty skeletons, including a particularly large specimen, with a 70 cm long jaw. That specimen has been nicknamed “Kenny” by the discoverers, reports team leader Scott Hocknull of the Queensland Museum, Brisbane, Australia.
Modern wombat
Giant wombat
Dave Reid shared in 2009 the above article from The Brisbane Courier of 29 August 1929 about an earlier find of a giant wombat tooth.
For more on the modern group discovery, see here and here.
Thanks Chris Roth.
This post was written by
Loren Coleman no longer writes for Cryptomundo. His archived posts remain here at Cryptomundo.
