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Megafauna

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'T. Rex of the Sea': A Dolphin-Shaped Monster - Charles Choi, Live Science

Newfound fossils of a giant dolphin-shaped reptilian predator are now shedding light on how the world recovered after the most devastating mass extinction in history, researchers say.This...

Human Hunters Killed Aussie Megafauna - Tiffany Hoy, Cosmos Magazine

Previously there have been three popular theories to explain the extinction of megafauna. Some suggest that climate change may have shrunk habitats, resulting in a long, slow megafaunal...

Big Kill, Not Big Chill, Destroyed Giant Kangaroo - David Biello, SciAm

Around 40,000 years ago, the giant kangaroo disappeared from Australia. So did Diprotodon (rhinoceros-size wombats) and Palorchestes (tapirlike marsupials) as well as supersize birds,...

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