In this study, Laurikainen Gaete and colleagues used fossil data to predict the home range of the prehistoric giant kangaroo Protemnodon and its implications for the species's extinction.

Their inability to locate greener pastures ultimately led to their extinction. The researchers were surprised at just how geographically limited the giant kangaroo’s dining zones appeared. “Using data ...

We discovered fossilised teeth of the now extinct giant kangaroo genus Protemnodon at Mount Etna Caves, north of Rockhampton, in central eastern Queensland. Analysing the teeth gave us a glimpse ...

But whether that was true for extinct Australian megaherbivores is unclear. For the new study, published in the journal PLOS One, Gaete and his colleagues used fossil data to predict the home range of ...

But whether that was true for extinct Australian megaherbivores is unclear. For the new study, published in the journal PLOS One, Gaete and his colleagues used fossil data to predict the home range of ...

For the new study, published in the journal PLOS One, Gaete and his colleagues used fossil data to predict the home range of the prehistoric, giant kangaroo Protemnodon and its implications for ...

Lead researcher Mr Laurikainen Gaete believes the most significant finding for this study was that the template used to better understand the specific giant kangaroo species could be replicated.