Future Plans -
Stage 3 - Megafauna

Up until 40,000 years ago Australia had a megafauna of marsupials, birds and reptiles. Within a few thousand years most of these became extinct. Fossils from lake, river and cave deposits are the only evidence of what these animals looked like.

Their bones and teeth can be compared with living animals to give some clues as to what they ate and how they behaved.

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Diprotodon
This hippo-sized marsupial, that roamed much of Australia, became extinct about 40,000 years ago. This fossil skeleton was excavated from a salt lake in the north of South Australia.

Thylacoleo carnifex (marsupial lion)
This member of the extinct mega fauna was one of the largest marsupial carnivores that ever lived in Australia. It had giant blade-like teeth molars, large incisor teeth and long clawed thumbs.

Sthenurus tindalei
This fossil, from the World Heritage Victoria Caves near Naracoorte, is from an extinct, bulky, blunt faced, kangaroo-like animal, with a stout tail and arms with long claws.

Future Plans -
Stage 3 - Megafauna

Diprotodon
This hippo-sized marsupial, that roamed much of Australia, became extinct about 40,000 years ago. This fossil skeleton was excavated from a salt lake in the north of South Australia.

Thylacoleo carnifex (marsupial lion)
This member of the extinct mega fauna was one of the largest marsupial carnivores that ever lived in Australia. It had giant blade-like teeth molars, large incisor teeth and long clawed thumbs.

Sthenurus tindalei
This fossil, from the World Heritage Victoria Caves near Naracoorte, is from an extinct, bulky, blunt faced, kangaroo-like animal, with a stout tail and arms with long claws.

A cast of the skeleton of the giant Pleistocene wallaby, Protemnodon.

The skull of the extinct giant kangaroo Procoptodon discovered in the Victoria Cave complex at Naracoorte.

Future Plans - Stage 3 - Megafauna

Diprotodon This hippo-sized marsupial, that roamed much of Australia, became extinct about 40,000 years ago. This fossil skeleton was excavated from a salt lake in the north of South Australia.

Thylacoleo carnifex (marsupial lion) This member of the extinct mega fauna was one of the largest marsupial carnivores that ever lived in Australia. It had giant blade-like teeth molars, large incisor teeth and long clawed thumbs.

Sthenurus tindalei This fossil, from the World Heritage Victoria Caves near Naracoorte, is from an extinct, bulky, blunt faced, kangaroo-like animal, with a stout tail and arms with long claws.

A cast of the skeleton of the giant Pleistocene wallaby, Protemnodon.

The skull of the extinct giant kangaroo Procoptodon discovered in the Victoria Cave complex at Naracoorte.

Future Plans -
Stage 3 - Megafauna

Diprotodon
This hippo-sized marsupial, that roamed much of Australia, became extinct about 40,000 years ago. This fossil skeleton was excavated from a salt lake in the north of South Australia.

Thylacoleo carnifex (marsupial lion)
This member of the extinct mega fauna was one of the largest marsupial carnivores that ever lived in Australia. It had giant blade-like teeth molars, large incisor teeth and long clawed thumbs.

Sthenurus tindalei
This fossil, from the World Heritage Victoria Caves near Naracoorte, is from an extinct, bulky, blunt faced, kangaroo-like animal, with a stout tail and arms with long claws.