New extinct family of giant wombat relatives discovered in Australian desert
Monday, June 29, 2020 - 11:40
in Paleontology & Archaeology
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 it has been placed in a whole new family of marsupials.