wombats and diprotodons

full skeletons of a giant marsupial, the diprotodon have been discovered in Australia
they were calculated to be around 3.2 m long
they are related to the wombat

in 2012, a significant group of about 40 diprotodon remains was found in South-West Queensland

a male wombat grows to around 1 metre long and weighs 28kg





using a length ratio of 1 : 3.8 estimate the weight of the diprotodon


(1 tonne = 1000kg)