In the Land Down Under, marsupial mammals are predominant. An ancient and formidabl creature, that had only been known through its fossils, turns out to have posed for a portrait!Live Science.com reports:
"until about 30,000 years ago, the continent was ruled by Thylacoleo carnifex, the marsupial 'lion.' Several well-preserved skeletons of the leopard-size beast have been found. Now, a newly discovered cave painting offers a glimpse of the animal's external appearance.In June 2008, Tim Willing, a naturalist and tour guide, photographed an ancient painting on a rockshelter wall near the shore of northwestern Australia. Kim Akerman, an independent anthropologist based in Tasmania, says the painting unmistakably depicts a marsupial lion." See full article.
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