Sunday, 25 August 2013

Pterosaur

they may have flown throw the air but they were not
birds they were actually flying reptiles. There are only
a few fossils left in Australia.Most fossils are found in
west Queensland during the 1950s the wing span
might have been 7-9 meters it lived near lakes
or coastal areas and fed mainly on fish.
unlike birds which can forage on the ground to find
food the pterosaur was believed to instead walk  

Saturday, 24 August 2013

Thylacines

thylacinids were an Australian group of carnivorous marsupials. They died out in the 21'st century. But they first existed about three million years ago

there are three types of Thylacines 

the Dickson's Thylacine /Nimbacinus dicksoni

Dickson's Thylacine was 50 centimeters long
it fed on small mammals,birds and reptiles


Powerful Thylacine /Thylacinus potens

It was 1.5 meters long it was the largest
Thylacine to live


Tasmanian Thylacine /Thylacinus cynocephalus

it's Nickname was Tasmanian tiger it was hunted to extinction 
the last one died in Hobart zoo in 1936