#fangaroo

[dry-gold]

What's the most insteresting extinct australian animal that starts with 'B'

Balbaroo fangaroo

Barameda

Barawertornis

Baru

Batrachosuchus

Blinasaurus

Bohra

Bothriolepis

Burramys brutyi

Voting ended onJan 30, 2024

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Balbaroo fangaroo, a cenozoic kangaroo with big fangs

Barameda, a carboniferous lobe-finned fish

Barawertornis, a cenozoic dromornithid bird

Baru, a massive cenozoic crocodile

Batrachosuchus, a triassic temnospondyl amphibian

Blinasaurus, a triassic temnospondyl amphibian

Bohra, a cenozoic tree kangaroo

Bothriolepis, a devonian placoderm fish

Burramys brutyi, an extinct species of mountain pygmy possum

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Fanged kangaroo research could shed light on extinction | Geology Page

Fanged kangaroos – an extinct family of small fanged Australian kangaroos – might have survived at least five million years longer than previously thought.

“The fanged kangaroos, including the species Balbaroo fangaroo, were about the size of a small wallaby.”

There used to be itsy bitsy fangaroos that climbed trees.

...I just thought you might like to know.

@tkingfisher

[alphynix]

An early relative of kangaroos, Balbaroo fangaroo. Known from a couple of partial skulls discovered at the Riversleigh World Heritage Area in Queensland, Australia, it lived during the Early Miocene (~23-16 mya) and was probably about the size of a cat, around 45-60cm long (18-24″) not including the tail.

It had unusually enlarged canine teeth forming prominent “fangs” -- hence its species name -- which may have been used for display and fighting in a similar manner to some ungulates such as water deer and camelids.

Based on the skeletons of other closely related species, it probably wasn’t able to hop. Instead it would have moved around quadrupedally, and the shape of its feet suggest it was also capable of climbing like a modern tree kangaroo.