In a land of ancient giants, these small oddball seals once called Australia home
- Written by James Patrick Rule, Palaeontology PhD Candidate, Monash University
Artwork by Peter Trusler, Author providedWhen most of us think of the prehistoric past, we envision a world of bizarre, often fearsome giants. From dinosaurs to mammoths and even penguins, life then seemed larger than life today.
Millions of years ago in Australia, giant goannas, kangaroos and diprotodontids (wombat relatives) roamed the...





