Paleontologists working at an undisclosed fossil bed in the Northern Territory's outback have discovered at least two new marsupial species, including a wombat-like creature with a 'pretty powerful bite'.
"The Mukupirnids are thought to be the group most closely related to modern wombats, being a bit of an evolutionary intermediate between wombats and their more koala-like relatives," Mr Crichton said.is an ancestral wombat either. It seems to have gone off on its own evolutionary tangent that is very much unique in the context of marsupial evolution."became extinct sometime before the end of the late Oligocene — roughly 23 million years ago.
He said the shape and complexity of structures on the teeth could be likened to a barcode in that each species has a unique set.i had teeth that are a dentist's nightmare with lots of bladed cups that are positioned side by side," he said.
"But ektopodontids also really underpin that the iconic marsupials we have today are just a small sample of the amazing and globally unique animals that once existed."
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