Tag Archive for 'Zygomaturus'

Megafaunal animals from Mammoth Cave about 50,000 years ago: the giant long-beaked echidna Murrayglossus hacketti, the giant kangaroo Procoptodon browneorum, the giant diprotodontid Zygomaturus trilobus, and the thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus). Image credit: Peter Schouten.

Australia’s First Peoples Were Fossil Collectors, New Study Suggests

Oct 22, 2025 by News Staff

In a new study, University of New South Wales Professor Mike Archer and colleagues re-examined the fossilized tibia (lower leg bone) of a now-extinct,...

Diprotodon optatum, a distant relative of Ambulator keanei. Image credit: Nellie Pease / ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage / CC BY-SA 4.0.

Pliocene-Period Marsupial Was Long-Distance Walker

May 30, 2023 by News Staff

Paleontologists have redescribed Zygomaturus keanei, a species of marsupial that lived in Australia some 3.5 million years ago (Pliocene period), using...