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The Dinosaur Dave on Nostr: This weeks #Lego #FossilFriday is #Procoptodon In the early 1800s, as Australia was ...

This weeks #Lego #FossilFriday is #Procoptodon

In the early 1800s, as Australia was being explored by white colonists, Sir Thomas L. Mitchell found fossil fragments of a maxilla from the Darling downs and sent them to England.

In 1846, Sir Richard Owen published on several large marsupials. One of those was Procoptodon, a very large short faced Kangaroo.

A recent trackway found in South Australia attributed to Procoptodon showed it didn't hop but walked bipedally