Giant wombat-like creatures, the size of black bears, once walked the earth

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    A wombat-like creature, the size of a black bear and weighing 330 pounds, roamed the earth some25 million years ago, scientists have discovered.

    A team led by researchers from the University of Salford in the UK discovered the new family of marsupial after studying the partial skull and most of a skeleton that had been collected from Lake Pinpa, in northeastern South Australia, on an expedition during the 1970s.

    Read more https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/25/australia/giant-wombat-intl-scli-scn/index.html
     

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