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Meet the megafauna
Discover extinct and living megafauna species unearthed in tropical northern Australia including a 6 metre long lizard, a 2.5 tonne wombat-like plant eater and a marsupial 'lion'.
Australia's megafauna
Varanus priscus
Megalania, the world's largest lizard.
Pallimnarchus sp.
Giant extinct freshwater crocodile.
Diprotodon optatum
The world's largest marsupial.
Macropus sp.
The world's largest kangaroo.
Thylacoleo sp.
The marsupial 'lion'.
Quinkana sp.
The land dwelling crocodile.
Varanus komodoensis
The venomous Komodo dragon.
Phascolonus gigas
The giant wombat.
Palorchestes sp.
The 'bear-sloth' marsupial.
Crocodylus porosus
The saltwater crocodile.
Protemnodon sp.
The giant forest wallaby.
Sedophascolomys sp.
The extinct wombat.
Notamacropus sp.
The giant wallaby.
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Megafauna
Learn about the stories of our past as revealed through the large fossil bones of Megafauna found in Queensland.
Tropical megafauna
Discover the supersized creatures that roamed ancient Queensland 40,000 years ago and what drove them to extinction.
Giant extinct megafauna in 3D
Get up close to giant extinct megafauna and see amazing discoveries from the past.
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