Fossil of extinct tree-climbing kangaroo found in Australia(1/2) – ecns

This handout image released by Murdoch University on March 23, 2021, shows preservation of the skull of the newly identified fossil tree-climbing kangaroo (Congruus kitcheneri) from the Nullarbor Plain of Western Australia. (Photo/Agencies)
The most remarkable thing about the nearly perfect fossils was not that they belonged to 40-kilo kangaroos who mysteriously evolved to climb trees. What really startled paleontologists is that southwestern Australia’s Nullarbor Plain, site of the discovery, is…

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