02642nam 2200589Ia 450 991079217560332120230803175017.01-920843-60-4(CKB)2560000000103388(EBL)1218658(SSID)ssj0000916242(PQKBManifestationID)12429702(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000916242(PQKBWorkID)10876434(PQKB)11298241(MiAaPQ)EBC1218658(Au-PeEL)EBL1218658(CaPaEBR)ebr10717539(OCoLC)852757134(EXLCZ)99256000000010338820110524d2010 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrPrehistoric mammals of Western Australia[electronic resource] /Ken McNamara and Peter MurrayRev. ed.Welshpool DC, W.A. Western Australian Museum20101 online resource (112 p.)FactfocusDescription based upon print version of record.1-920843-54-X Includes bibliographical references (p. 105-107).Introduction; The Fossil Remains: Their Occurrence and Preservation; Age of the Western Australian Fossil Remains; Diprotodontids; Thylacoleonids; Wombats; Thylacines; Kangaroos; Echidnas; Mammal Extinctions in Western Australia; Acknowledgements; Further ReadingIn 1909 a rich accumulation of many thousands of bones was excavated from Mammoth Cave in Australia's south-west. Many of the bones far exceeded in size any modern-day native mammal, evidence that in prehistoric times giant mammals had roamed the Australian bush. They included a marsupial the size of a buffalo, kangaroos more than two metres tall, wallabies much bigger than any living species, a marsupial 'lion' about the size of a leopard, giant echidnas and wombats, plus the thylacine (Tasmanian tiger). What did these animals look like and how did they live? And how did they become extinct iMammals, FossilAustraliaWestern AustraliaPaleontologyAustraliaWestern AustraliaWestern AustraliaHistoryMammals, FossilPaleontology560.00McNamara Ken728920Murray Peter(Peter F.)32497Western Australian Museum.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910792175603321Prehistoric mammals of Western Australia3722126UNINA