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Crest-tailed mulgara (Dasycercus cristicauda) from the Simpson Desert, Queensland. Bobby Tamayo / Wikimedia Commons

We discovered three new species of marsupial. Unfortunately, they’re already extinct

We found three previously unknown species of mulgaras hiding in museum collections – but all three have been driven to extinction since European colonisation of Australia.
Relative of Chunia pledgei named Ektopodon serratus (top left), with Wakaleo oldfieldi. Reconstruction of the early Miocene Kutjumarpu faunal assemblage by Peter Schouten

25-million-year-old fossils of a bizarre possum and strange wombat relative reveal Australia’s hidden past

Australia’s Red Centre was once a lush forest filled with strange creatures – and we are slowly discovering more about this enigmatic past.
Ramsayia reconstruction (r) next to a modern wombat. Eleanor Pease

For the first time ever, we have a complete skull description of a true fossil giant wombat

80,000 years ago, Australia’s landscape was dominated by much larger versions of today’s marsupials – including enigmatic and enormous wombats.

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