WA: Scientist's Explore Time Capsule Caves
08 Apr 2009 2:33 AM
A team of scientists is preparing to journey millions of years into Australia's pre-history.
The scientists .. from the West Australian Museum and Adelaide's Flinders University .. will follow up on the discovery of the remains of ancient giant marsupials in the West Australian desert.
Bones of the prehistoric Australian megafauna were uncovered in previous expeditions to the Thylacoleo Caves .. under the Nullabor Plain .. two and half days drive from Perth near the South Australian border.
Flinders University vertebrate paleontologist Dr GAVIN PRIDEAUX says the last of three expeditions was carried out in 2002 .. and uncovered the remains of an extinct marsupial lion.
