Researchers at Flinders University have identified three unusual new species of giant fossil kangaroo from Australia and New Guinea, revealing greater diversity in their form, geographic distribution, and locomotion than was previously recognized. The three new species are of the extinct genus Pr
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The modern koala is a well-known and well-loved marsupial, but researchers know surprisingly little about its evolution. Indeed, they describe an "approximately 30-million-year-gap".
The discovery of a fossil hints at the existence of an animal that researchers say could be the missing link in the understanding of evolution of marsupials in Australia.