A wombat-like creature, the size of a black bear and weighing 330 pounds, roamed the earth some 25 million years ago, scientists have discovered. A team led by researchers from the University of ...

“Fossils deposited in hot, dry and arid places, such as large parts of Australia, lose their collagen very early…. The major ...

The most complete skull of a giant wombat that roamed the continent 80,000 years ago has been described for the first time in history. The place we call Australia today was in many ways vastly ...

Scientists have discovered new markers that enable the identification of species from fossilized bone fragments, offering new ...

That includes giant wombat relatives. However, there has been a bit of a wombat relative identity crisis occurring in the study of these marsupials. [Related: Giant beasts once roamed Madagascar.

True giant wombat gives Diprotodon podium a wobble Date: December 12, 2022 Source: Griffith University Summary: While the Diprotodon -- the extinct megafauna species that is distantly related to ...

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Scientists have concluded a seven-year study into 130-kilogram giant wombats — comparable in size to "really large sheep" — that lived in central Queensland about 80,000 years ago.

Palaeontologists have uncovered intact remains of a species of ancient giant wombat for the first time, giving them fresh insight into the little-known megafauna. A complete skull of Ramsayia ...

Huge marsupials ruled the land, including giant kangaroos, giant koalas and giant wombats. In a study published today in Papers in Palaeontology, we describe the most complete skull of one of ...