The strange creature lived 25 million years ago and weighed up to 50kg (110lb).
Researchers in Australia have uncovered evidence of a previously unknown ancient marsupial which roamed the continent some 25 million years ago.a - is thought to have weighed up to 50kg .
It is thought to have shared a common ancestor with modern-day wombats, and also looked a bit like a marsupial lion known as"They are a bit of an evolutionary intermediate between wombats and their more koala-like relatives," he told the BBC. "[Its teeth] pretty much confirm it's not a carnivore... it was really quite specialised for processing hard foods like tough fruits, nuts and tubers," Mr Crichton said.would have been one of the largest Australian marsupials living at the time, though it is much smaller than the largest-known ancient marsupial - thewent extinct, but environmental change is the likely answer, Mr Crichton said.
Mr Crichton told the BBC he hopes the remote site - which was discovered 20 years ago but has seen little research so far - could contain more insights into missing chapters on marsupial evolution.
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