Mukupirna

Mukupirna is an extinct genus of marsupials whose fossils have been recovered in Australia and dated to around 25 million years ago during the Oligocene Epoch. It was wombat-like with the main difference being that it was rather huge compared to modern wombats with estimates placing it between in body mass, comparable in size to a male Asiatic [black bear]. It was probably a great digger and had developed teeth that would have allowed it to feed on sedges, roots and tubers. Mukupirna nambensis had a mix of characteristics between wombats and an extinct group of marsupials called wynyardiids. M. nambensis was coined by Beck et al. and M. fortidentatus was coined by Crichton et al..