Snout-tail length 450 mm

with locomotion based on mantle pulses and coordinated arm movements

suggesting it was surprisingly agile for its size

Shoulder height: ~4–4

The tar pit adds an extra dimension of despair

Propleopus oscillans sexta_extincion Snout-tail length 450 mmPropleopus oscillans was an extinct macropodoid from the Pleistocene of Australia, commonly known as the giant rat kangaroo. Although it has sometimes been popularly described as a carnivorous kangaroo, this interpretation should be treated with caution: studies of its skull, jaws, and dentition suggest instead a marsupial with a probably omnivorous diet, capable of consuming plant material, hard fruits, fungi, insects, small vertebrates, carrion, or