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Prehistoric Mammals of Western Australia

Ken McNamaraPeter Murray

出版	Western Australian Museum, 2010
主題	Nature / FossilsScience / Paleontology
ISBN	192084354X9781920843540
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=Pj3PbwAACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋

In 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 in a relatively short period of time?