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The Extinction Enigma

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Megalania and Genyornis

Two of the long-vanished big beasts of Pleistocene Australia, the Komodo dragon-like Megalania and a species of giant flightless bird known as Genyornis newtoni. What led to their demise? Illustration by Peter Trusler for Wildlife of Gondwana (see Links & Books).


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