DIPROTODON FOSSIL
QUEENSLAND DISCOVERY (Received May 17, 3 p.m.) BRISBANE May 17 The Queensland museum has received ik fossil of the top jaw of a diprotpdon, or giant kangaroo, which was found projecting from the bank of the Condamine River, 20ft. below the surface, following recent floods. No part of Australia has produced more fossilised remains than the Dalby district. Early marsupials must have existed there 'in large numbers and grown to an enormous size.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18399, 17 May 1934, Page 13
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75DIPROTODON FOSSIL Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18399, 17 May 1934, Page 13
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