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The Dinosaur Dave Jun 6, 2025

This weeks #Lego #FossilFriday is #Procoptodon

In the early 1800s, as Australia was being explored by white colonists, Sir Thomas L. Mitchell found fossil fragments of a maxilla from the Darling downs and sent them to England.

In 1846, Sir Richard Owen published on several large marsupials. One of those was Procoptodon, a very large short faced Kangaroo.

A recent trackway found in South Australia attributed to Procoptodon showed it didn't hop but walked bipedally

The Dinosaur Dave Aug 17, 2023

Here, we see the giant extinct #Kangaroo (red and tan) found in #Queensland #Australia. Its along side a 1.8m tall person holding at #Koala and #wedgetailed #eagle. There's also the previous record holder #Procoptodon (dark tan) on the other side.
The third image is the display at the #Lego store #Brickresales, where I've added a baby to the build. Lastly a close up of the pair jumping.