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New extinct carnivorous marsupial discovered [1]

A new species of extinct flesh-eating marsupial that terrorised Australia's drying forests about 5 million years ago has been identified from a fossil discovered in remote northwestern Queensland.

Publication Date: 
26/07/2016
Science Daily [2]
Tags:
Wildlife [3], Extinct Species [4], Australia [5], Climate Change [6]
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