Australia's Lost Kingdoms

Fascinating facts

Cretaceous (146-65 million years ago): Australian Allosaur (not yet named); Australian Ichthyosaur (Platypterygius longmani); Lightning Beast (Fulgurotherium australe); Minmi (Minmi paravertebra); Muttaburrasaurus (Muttaburrasaurus langdoni); Queensland Kronosaur (Kronosaurus queenslandicus); Queensland Pterosaur (not yet named); Steropodon (Steropodon galmani); Western Australian Giant Sauropod (not yet named); Winton Carnosaur (Tyrannosauropus species); Woolungasaurus (Woolungasaurus glendowerensis)

Eocene (55-38 million years ago): Tingamarra (Tingamarra porterorum); Murgon Bat (Australonycteris clarkae); Tingamarra Alamitophis (Alamitophis species); Tingamarra Bandicoot (not yet named); Tingamarra Chulpasia (Chulpasia species); Tingamarra Soft-shelled Turtle (not yet named); Tingamarra Songbird (not yet named); Tingamarra Swamp Crocodile (Kambara implexidens)

Early to middle Miocene (23.3-10.4 million years ago): Cleaver-headed Crocodile (Baru wickeni); Cohen's Thingodonta (Yalkaparidon coheni); Dickson's Thylacine (Nimbacinus dicksoni); Flexiraptor (Pengana robertbolesi); Nimbadon (Nimbadon lavarackorum); Ridge-headed Crocodile (Trilophosuchus rackhami); Riversleigh Cockatoo (Cacatua species); Riversleigh Forest Beast (Silvabestius johnnilandi); Riversleigh Leaf-nosed Bat (Brachipposideros nooraleebus); Riversleigh Platypus (Obdurodon dicksoni); Riversleigh Rainforest Koala (Nimiokoala greystanesi); Riversleigh Sprite Possum (not yet named); Riversleigh Tube-nosed Bandicoot (Yarala burchfieldi); Tirari Paljara (Paljara tirarensae); Wakaleo (Wakaleo vanderleuri)

Late Miocene (10.4-5 million years ago): Alcoota Cleaver-headed Crocodile (Baru species); Alcoota Kolopsis (Kolopsis torus); Marsupial Tapir (Palorchestes painei); Powerful Thylacine (Thylacinus potens); Stirton's Thunder Bird (Dromornis stirtoni)

Pliocene (5-1.6 million years ago): Agile Wallaby (Macropus agilis); Bluff Downs Bandicoot (Perameles allinghamensis); Bluff Downs Euryzygoma (Euryzygoma dunense); Bluff Downs Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber); Bluff Downs Giant Python (Liasis species); Bluff Downs Murid (not yet named); Riversleigh Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus)

Pleistocene (1.6 million-10,000 years ago): Australian Magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen); Diprotodon (Diprotodon optatum ); Genyornis (Genyornis newtoni ); Giant Short-faced Kangaroo (Procoptodon goliah ); Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus ); Megalania (Megalania prisca ); Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus); Pleistocene Marsupial Lion (Thylacoleo carnifex ); Quinkana (Quinkana species ); Sugar Glider (Petaurus breviceps); Tasmanian Thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus )

Holocene (10,000-present): Dingo (Canis lupus dingo ); Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes)