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Archaeological find near Sino Iron

A WESTERN Australian Museum palaeontology team is recovering several rare and nearly complete Diprotodon skeletons close to CITIC Pacific Mining’s Sino Iron magnetite operation in WA's Pilbara.

A WA Museum palaeontology team excavating a Diprotodon skeleton near Sino Iron.

A WA Museum palaeontology team excavating a Diprotodon skeleton near Sino Iron.

Diprotodons, extinct marsupials related to koalas and wombats, were the largest marsupials that ever lived, weighing up to 2.8t. The fossil site lies within the Fortescue River floodplain. Diprotodon...

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