Prehistoric Mammals.
Material type: TextPublisher: Perth : Western Australian Museum, 2010Copyright date: ©2013Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (112 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781920843601Subject(s): Mammals, Fossil--Australia--Western AustraliaGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Prehistoric MammalsDDC classification: 560.00 LOC classification: QE881.M473 2010Online resources: Click to ViewIntro -- Introduction -- The Fossil Remains: Their Occurence and Preservation -- Age of the Western Australian Fossil Remains -- Diprotodontids -- Thylacoleonids -- Wombats -- Thylacines -- Kangaroos -- Echidnas -- Mammal Extinctions in Western Australia -- Acknowledgements -- Further Reading.
In 1909 a rich accumulation of many thousands of bones was excavated from Mammoth Cave in Australia's south-west. Many of the bones far exceeded in size any modern-day native mammal, evidence that in prehistoric times giant mammals had roamed the Australian bush. They included a marsupial the size of a buffalo, kangaroos more than two metres tall, wallabies much bigger than any living species, a marsupial 'lion' about the size of a leopard, giant echidnas and wombats, plus the thylacine (Tasmanian tiger). What did these animals look like and how did they live? And how did they become extinct in a relatively short period of time?.
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