Diprotodon

Megalania

Megafauna - Prehistoric Giants from the Darling Downs

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Developed by Queensland Museum, this exhibition is based on research from local Darling Downs sites which are some of the most well-preserved and extensive in Australia.

Visitors to the exhibition will also be able to experience the patience needed by palaeontologists to uncover their discoveries at a pseudo-fossil dig.

Highlights of the exhibition include:

• Diprotodon optatum, which grew as large as a hippopotamus
• Megalania prisca, the largest goanna that ever lived
• Procotodon goliah, the largest of all kangaroos
• Thylacoleo carnifex, a marsupial lion, the largest ever marsupial predator
• Ninjemys oweni, a giant horned turtle two metres in length.

Megafauna – prehistoric giants from the Darling Downs also explores the environment of the Darling Downs during the pleistocene era, how climate changes led to the extinction of Megafauna, how fossils are put together and the role of palaeontologists.