Remains of bizarre group of extinct snail-eating Australian marsupials discovered
Friday, May 27, 2016 - 09:01
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Fossil remains of a previously unknown family of carnivorous Australian marsupials that lived 15 million years ago have been discovered at the Riversleigh World Heritage Fossil Site in north-western Queensland. The ancient animals appeared to eat snails using a huge, hammer-like premolar that would have been able to crack the strongest of snail shells.