While the Diprotodon -- the extinct megafauna species that is distantly related to wombats but was the size of a small car -- is commonly (but incorrectly) thought of as Australia's 'giant wombat', ...

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If you thought Australia was home to only one ancient ‘giant wombat’, think again. While the Diprotodon - the extinct megafauna species that is distantly related to wombats but was the size of a small ...

Scientists working in Australia have discovered a giant marsupial that roamed prehistoric Australian 25 billion years ago. The giant marsupial is so different from other wombats that scientists had to ...

A mass grave of prehistoric “giant wombats” – a marsupial the size of a rhinocerous – has been discovered in Australia, according to reports. The discovery of about 50 diprotodon skeletons was the ...

These 100,000-year-old footprints were left by a giant wombat, one species of megafauna among many that once roamed Australia. Now artists have created portraits of these lost megafauna for National ...

A mass grave of prehistoric “giant wombats” – a marsupial the size of a rhinocerous – has been discovered in Australia, according to reports. The discovery of about 50 diprotodon skeletons was the ...

A giant marsupial that roamed prehistoric Australia 25 million years ago is so different from its wombat cousins that scientists have had to create a new family to accommodate it. The unique remains ...

This pleasant-looking fellow is diprotodon optatum, a giant marsupial that lived in Australia for millions of years. We’ve now discovered the first complete skeleton of this marsupial, proving the ...

Scientists have discovered a mass grave that is home to about 50 prehistoric "giant wombats," the largest known marsupial that ever lived. The BBC reports the Diprotodon skeletons, believed to be ...

The unique remains of a prehistoric, giant wombat-like marsupial - Mukupirna nambensis - that was unearthed in central Australia are so different from all other previously known extinct animals that ...

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