Australia’s extinct animals

Endemism in Australian mammals

Australia possesses a unique assemblage of mammal species, of which over 80% are endemic.

Monotremes
Marsupials

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Megafauna

Megafauna are large animals such as elephant, mammoth, rhinocerous and Australia's own diprotodon.

Extinction theory

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Australian dinosaurs

View illustrations and fossils of some of Australia's dinosaurs, including the most recent discoveries.

Australian Fossils
Gondwana: the southern super-continent

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The Thylacine

Learn about the infamous Tasmanian Tiger

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Keywords:Family:AccipitridaeArchaeonycteridaeBoidaeCrocodylidaeDiprotodonidaeDiprotodontidaeDromornithidaeEktopodontidaeHipposideridaeMacropodidaeMadtsoiidaeMuridaeOrnithorhynchidaePeramelidaePhascolarctidaePhoenicopteridaePliosauridaePseudocheiridaeSteropodontidaeThylacinidaeThylacoleonidaeTrionychidaeVaranidaeYaralidaeOrder:AnseriformesChiropteraCrocodyliaDasyuromorphiaDiprotodontiaFalconiformesPeramelemorphiaPhoenicopteriformesPlesiosauriaRodentiaSquamataTestudines Submit

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Palaeontology

Palaeontology is the study of fossils. Fossils are the remains or traces of prehistoric living things and are preserved in substances such as sediments, coal, tar, oil, amber or volcanic ash, or frozen in ice or naturally mummified.

Fossilised specimens
Ancient remains

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Australia over time

Learn about our evolving landscape, Australian megafauna and other extinct animals and how we use fossils to relate the animals of the past with those of today.

Megafauna
Fossil sites in Australia
Geological time scale

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Australian Museum Research Institute (AMRI^®)

AMRI^® brings together scientific expertise and world-class research infrastructure to increase our knowledge of the world around us and inform environmental decision-making for a better future.

Biodiversity & geodiversity
Collections-based research

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