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Megafauna fossil hunting at a BHP coal mine

MINING.com Editor | August 30, 2013 | 7:56 am Energy Australia Coal 

Palaeontologists from the Queensland Museum will further explore the South Walker Creek mine for fossils of Australian megafauna - huge creatures that once roamed the earth, including "sheep sized echidnas, a two metre tall wombat and a seven metre goanna."...

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