Australian megafauna - Wikipedia
The term Australian megafauna refers to the megafauna in Australia [1] during the Pleistocene Epoch. Most of these species became extinct during the latter half of the Pleistocene, and the roles of human and climatic factors in their extinction are contested.
Australia’s extinct animals - The Australian Museum
Meet some of Australia's most dangerous animals and learn about the different ways they poison and catch their prey. The Australian Museum has an extensive collection of Australia's deadliest animals to find out more about why they are so dangerous to humans.
Megafauna - The Australian Museum
Megafauna are large animals that roamed the Earth during the Pleistocene, 2.5 million to 11,700 years ago. In Australia, megafauna included the huge wombat-shaped Diprotodon and giant goanna Megalania. European megafauna included Woolly Rhinoceroses, Mammoths, Cave Lions and Cave Bears.
Category:Prehistoric animals of Australia - Wikipedia
Pages in category "Prehistoric animals of Australia". The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
Diprotodon optatum - The Australian Museum
The massive Diprotodon optatum, from the Pleistocene of Australia, was the largest marsupial known and the last of the extinct, herbivorous diprotodontids. Diprotodon was the first fossil mammal named from Australia (Owen 1838) and one of the most well known of the megafauna. It was widespread across Australia when the first indigenous people ...
Australia's amazing dinosaurs - Australian Geographic
2021年4月21日 · Herbivores and carnivores, large and small, here is a comprehensive guide to Australia's coolest dinosaur species.
New fossils show what Australia’s giant prehistoric ‘thunder birds ...
2024年6月3日 · Until around 45,000 years ago, Australia was home to a giant flightless bird called Genyornis newtoni, which was two metres tall and weighed up to 230 kilograms. Palaeontologists first discovered...
NOVA: Australia's First Four Billion Years - PBS LearningMedia
Find out about some of the giant prehistoric animals that existed during the last ice age in Australia in this video excerpt from NOVA. Host and scientist Richard Smith visits Victoria Fossil Cave to learn about the large collection of Australian …
Ancient Australian Animals: 3 billion years of fossil history
Australia has a long fossil history with some dating back over 3 billion years ago. There are many ancient animals that are found nowhere else in the world. Explore key fossil site across Australia to discover more about these amazing animals.
Aboriginal Australians lived with megafauna for ... - Australian …
2017年1月12日 · Our new research, published in the latest Quaternary Science Reviews journal, shows that early humans to Australia lived alongside some of the megafauna for many thousands of years before the animals became extinct.