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An artist’s impression of the newly-described fossil species Protemnodon viator and its relative Protemnodon anak, compared at scale to the living red kangaroo and eastern gray kangaroo. Image credit: T. Klarenbeek, Flinders University.

Three New Species of Fossil Kangaroos Discovered in Australia and New Guinea

Apr 15, 2024 by News Staff

The three new species belong to the extinct kangaroo genus Protemnodon, which were common members of Cenozoic communities across Australia and New Guinea...