Palorchestes 's high-crowned teeth suggest it ate shrubs, but its strong arms and claws suggest it was an ant eater. What difference would these two feeding patterns have on its surrounding ...

Palorchestes was an ancient, blind, sharp-toothed animal that also boasted an elephant-like trunk. It lived for millions of years in pockets of Australia, but its fossils are extremely rare.

Imagine going through life with your arms permanently bent and locked at the elbows. Awkward, right? Until recently we thought the mega-marsupial Palorchestes azael lived exactly like this. This rare, ...

Until recently we thought the mega-marsupial Palorchestes azael lived exactly like this. This rare, distant relative of the wombat became extinct (along with much of Australia’s megafauna) about ...

Palorchestes azael was an unusual marsupial herbivore. It had retracted nasal bones on the skull, which means it could have had a small trunk like that of tapirs. Carli Peters of the Universidade ...

Palorchestes azael, a marsupial tapir from the Pleistocene of Australia. (Nobu Tamura) William Dotinga / September 13, 2019 Link copied ...

Australia is known for its unusual animal life, from koalas to kangaroos. But once upon a time, the Australian landscape had even weirder fauna, like Palorchestes azael, a marsupial with immense claws ...

Ancient Australia was home to strange marsupial giants, some weighing over 1,000 kg. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by ...

Palorchestes had drastically less elbow mobility than the living mammals we compared it to. Clockwise from the top left: pangolin, sloth bear, anteater, wombat, koala and aardvark.

Palorchestes had drastically less elbow mobility than the living mammals we compared it to. Clockwise from the top left: pangolin, sloth bear, anteater, wombat, koala and aardvark. Wikimedia Commons ...