New extinct family of giant wombat relatives discovered in Australian desert

The unique remains of a prehistoric, giant wombat-like marsupial—Mukupirna nambensis—that was unearthed in central Australia are so different from all other previously known extinct animals that it has been placed in a whole new family of marsupials.


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Source: Phys.org