The researchers uncovered the remains of about 50 Diprotodon individuals at BHP Billiton Mitsui Coal's South Walker Creek mine site in Queensland where researchers have been excavating since 2009.

However, it seems it was clearly an important enough evolutionary trait, as the animal’s more famous, larger Diprotodontidae family descendent, Diprotodon optatum, also retained this function.

The discovery of about 50 diprotodon skeletons was the biggest to date and could shed light on why the animal become extinct, BBC News reported. Diprotodon, a relative of the modern wombat ...

Researchers is uncovering the truth behind the largest marsupial ever to walk the earth -- the 2.5 tonne wombat-like Diprotodon. Standing 1.8 meters tall and reaching up to 3.5 meters in length ...

Sammy J: Meet Diprotodon optatum. This is a scientific artist's interpretation of the biggest marsupial that has ever lived and, contrary to popular belief, not a wombat. Diprotodon ...

New research shows that Diprotodon—the largest marsupial to have ever lived—partook in seasonal migrations that took the now-extinct creature on long journeys across Australia’s Ice Age ...

Diprotodon dates back to the Pleistocene epoch and is a giant relative of wombats and koalas. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

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A giant prehistoric Ice Age marsupial related to wombats and koalas has been discovered to be the only marsupial known to have ever followed annual seasonal migration. Likening it to "Australia's ...

But around 300 thousand years ago, Australia hosted their very own breed of large migratory animals, a new study shows. Diprotodon is an ancient marsupial and a far relative of modern wombats and ...

Our new study focused on reconstructing the palaeobiology and palaeoecology of Diprotodon in an effort to reveal the secrets of “Australia’s Serengeti”. Diprotodon is one of the first ...