A Child-Sized Echidna Once Roamed Australia, Century-Old Fossil Reveals

A Child-Sized Echidna Once Roamed Australia, Century-Old Fossil Reveals

An eerie cave preserved a clue to one of Australia’s strangest extinct mammals.ScienceAlert stories are written, fact-checked, and edited by humans, never generated by AI. Don't miss a story, subscribe here.

Giant echidna fossil found in Australia fills a major gap in animal history

Scientists discovered a giant echidna fossil in Australia that shows these animals lived across a wider area during the Ice Age.

Giant Echidnas Once Roamed Victoria, Australia: Fossil Discoveries Unveiled

Australian echidna fossils are exceptionally rare and show an uneven distribution across time and geography. In a recent study, published in The Alcheringa, Australian Journal of Paleontology, paleontologists detailed parts of a skull belonging to Owen’s giant echidna (Megalibgwilia oweni), discovered in southeastern Australia. This specimen, found at Foul Air Cave in the Buchan Caves [...] The post Giant Echidnas Once Roamed Victoria, Australia…

Giant Echidnas Once Roamed Australia’s Victoria, Fossil Shows

In a new paper published in The Alcheringa, an Australasian Journal of Palaeontology, paleontologists described a partial skull of the Owen’s giant echidna (Megalibgwilia owenii) from southeastern Australia. The post Giant Echidnas Once Roamed Australia’s Victoria, Fossil Shows appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.