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Nova: Bone Diggers: Australia's Vanished Beasts

For Students 9th - 10th
Get profiles of 10 different examples of Australia's extinct megafauna. Each profile includes a picture of what the animal looked like.
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Melbourne Museum: Meet the Skeletons: Varanus (Megalania) Priscus

For Students 9th - 10th
Varanus priscus was a prehistoric lizard that lived in Australia in the Pleistocene Period. Some information and pictures can be found here.
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Nova: The Extinction Enigma

For Students 9th - 10th
45,000 - 50,000 years ago the megafauna of Australia became extinct. This interview investigates several possible causes such as, continental drift, human impact, and climate change.