Unusual New Species of Giant Kangaroo Discovered in Australia and New Guinea

Researchers at Flinders University have identified three unusual new species of giant fossil kangaroo from Australia and New Guinea, revealing greater diversity in their form, geographic distribution, and locomotion than was previously recognized.

The three new species are of the extinct genus Protemnodon, which lived from around 5 million to 40,000 years ago – with one about double the size of the largest red kangaroo living today.