Ancient Australia was home to strange marsupial giants, some weighing over 1,000 kg
(PHYSorg.com Archaeology & Fossils)

Palorchestid marsupials, an extinct group of Australian megafauna, had strange bodies and lifestyles unlike any living species, according to a study released September 13, 2019 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Hazel Richards of Monash University, Australia and colleagues.