This extraordinary 50,000-year-old discovery in an underground cave, is one of the most complete fossils ever found in Australia. 🦘 Museums Victoria Research Institute has led a team of scientists, rangers, and citizen cavers to retrieve the skeleton of the extinct, short-faced kangaroo Simosthenurus occidentalis from deep within Nightshade Cave. With 150 bones, it's 71% complete! Want to see Simosthenurus occidentalis up close? The fossil will be displayed at Melbourne Museum in our Research I

40K views · 464 reactions | A 50,000 year old fossil of an extinct kangaroo has been unearthed almost fully intact - making it the most complete fossil skeleton ever found in Australia. #9News | 9 News Sydney | Facebook

44K views · 243 reactions | Skeletal remains of a kangaroo, twice the size of the largest red kangaroo living today, have been discovered. 輦 Palaeontologist Dr Isaac Kerr joins TODAY to talk about the discovery. #9Today | WATCH LIVE 5.30am | TODAY | Facebook