Image courtesy of van Zoelen et al. 2023/Flinders University
Joel Kontinen
Scientist in Australia have found a new species called Ambulator keanei.
According to evolution, it had a body plan similarto a bear or rhinoceros, it probably weighted about 250 kilograms or 550 pounds, and it was around 1 meter tall or 3.3 feet at the shoulder. It was though to be 3.5 million years old.
The research was published on May 31 in the
journal Royal Society Open
Science.
Source: Baker, Harry, 2923. Quarter-ton marsupial that ambled across Australia 3.5 million years ago was 'unlike anything alive today' Live Science 1 June.
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