Clockwise from top left: Genyornis; Diprotodon (a rhino-sized wombat); Procoptodon (the largest-ever kangaroo); the...
Clockwise from top left: Genyornis; Diprotodon (a rhino-sized wombat); Procoptodon (the largest-ever kangaroo); the thylacine; Thylacoleo (the biggest marsupial carnivore); and the giant lizard, Megalania.
http://www.yalescientific.org/2012/12/fate-of-australian-megafauna-discovered-through-prehistoric-dung/
Thanks to Tony Demetriou for making me google Australian megafauna.
quick, someone in australia start a mastodon cover band called diprotodon.
ReplyDeleteAnd don't forget, in the modern day we still have deadly cassowaries.
ReplyDeletehttp://panique.com.au/trishansoz/animals/images/cassowary1.jpg