Duality of ice age kangaroos
#propleopus #procoptodon #prehistoricplaneticeage #prehistoricplanet #paleoart

Digital illustration of a Procoptodon, an extinct megafauna kangaroo with a short face, standing in front of a semiarid sandstone outcrop

Anyone know what's going on with this strange looking kangaroo...

#palaeoart #paleoart #procoptodon #megafauna

This weeks #Lego #FossilFriday is #Procoptodon

In the early 1800s, as Australia was being explored by white colonists, Sir Thomas L. Mitchell found fossil fragments of a maxilla from the Darling downs and sent them to England.

In 1846, Sir Richard Owen published on several large marsupials.
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Procoptodon 🦘🔥—a 7ft tall, short-faced kangaroo from the Ice Age!

Unlike modern roos, it had long arms for grabbing leaves & could hit 35 mph in short bursts.

Lived in Australia, went extinct ~46,000 years ago, likely due to climate change & human hunting.

True prehistoric beast! ⏳🌍

#Procoptodon

#Megalibgwilia, #Thylacinus, #Thylacoleo, #Genyornis, #Metasthenurus, #Simosthenurus, #Protemnodon, #Sthenurus, #Procoptodon, #Phascolonus, #Zygmaturus, #Palorchestes, #Diprotodon — the #extinction of some of #Sahul’s ancient giants https://elifesciences.org/articles/63870 #megafauna @eLife

Hello #Procoptodon goliah — 250 kg #kangaroo that went extinct ~ 37,000 years ago — we miss you