The unique remains of the prehistoric, giant wombat-like marsupial belonged to an animal more than four times the size of any living wombats today and may have weighed about 150kg.
A new extinct family of giant wombat relatives has been discovered in the Australian desert. The giant marsupial that roamed prehistoric Australia 25 million years ago is so different from its wombat cousins that scientists have had to create a new family to accommodate it.