100 thousand years ago - time of the giants
The tallest marsupial
Giant Short-faced Kangaroos called Procoptodon grew 2 to 3m tall and weighed between 200-300 kg. They had flat faces with forward facing eyes and long slender feet each with one hoof-like toe. Their hands had two extra-long, clawed fingers that were probably used to reach the leaves of high branches.
Sthenurus.
Illustration: Copyright © A Musser.
Skull and jaws Procoptodon goliah. Late Pleistocene. Naracoorte, South Australia
