Extinct Australian predator ate megafauna for breakfast | ABC Australia

Subscribe ✅ and tap the notification bell 🔔 to be delivered Australian stories every day: What’s eight million years old, eats oversized flightless birds and is one of the last endemic Australian crocodiles to wander our continent? Baru’s skull was found in 2009 at the Alcoota fossil beds in Central Australia and holds many secrets. Dr Adam Yates is the Senior Curator of Earth Sciences at the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory and he says that this skull, despite being millions of years old, is a new species. Join the ABC Australia community on social media! Facebook: Twitter: Instagram: This is an official Australian Broadcasting Corporation YouTube channel. ******** Contributions may be removed if they violate ABC’s Online Conditions of Use (Section 3).