Thylacoleo walking – Free standing

Thylacoleo walking  (free-standing sculpture)

L 150cm x W 30cm x H 50cm – 35kg (approx) – free-standing without a rock base.

If you are interested in a custom-designed rock base to suit your purpose, just ask, as we are very experienced in artificial rock replicas. For the entry statement sculptures at Mt Isa, Natureworks made a custom rock plinth to add height and provide a natural backdrop for visitors to take photos by standing on the foreground stone plinths.

Part of our unique Australian Megafauna Collection

Natureworks custom-designed this Thylacoleo sculpture to enhance our unique Megafauna collection.

It was created for the Riversleigh Fossil and Discovery Centre at Mt Isa. This popular world heritage tourist destination reveals a wealth of information about Australia’s unique megafauna species. Our custom sculptures help visitors conceptualise what these large animals may have looked like millions of years ago. The Centre was delighted with the finished display (read about the project here).

Riversleigh World Heritage Area

“Riversleigh is one of the great wonders of the paleontological world” – Sir David Attenborough

The Riversleigh World Heritage Area at Boodjamulla (Lawn Hill) National Park has one of the most significant fossil deposits in the world. It is the richest known fossil mammal deposit in Australia and has revealed records of Gondwanan life forms that existed before the break up of this ancient continent.

Natureworks custom designed the cave at Riversleigh World Heritage Fossil D-site (read more about the project here).

Facts about the Fossil D-site

• D-Site was one of the first major fossil deposits found at Riversleigh and is the only publicly accessible part of this World Heritage area.
• Its fossils are from the Late Oligocene period, dating back 25 million years.
• Riversleigh fossil deposits are among the richest and most extensive in the world, with some fossils dating back 25 million years.
• Fossils include turtles, fish snails, crocodiles, lizards, pythons, birds and many mammals, superbly preserved in limestone outcrops.
• Riversleigh was once a rainforest filled with lakes and waterways.
• The concentration of calcium carbonate in the water ensured fossils were extremely well preserved.
• When the skeletons of dead animals came into contact with this water, the bones were quickly coated in limey mud
• Later the bones were replaced with hard minerals from the limestone-rich water. Millions of years later, the fossilised bones were exposed after weathering by wind and water dissolved and removed surrounding soil and rock.

This fossil evidence has provided enough information for Natureworks to sculpt megafauna animals as a true-to-life 3D reconstruction. If you need help bringing any palaeontological fossil finds to life, Natureworks can help you build a museum-quality display.

Download our megafauna catalogue here

Megafauna sculptures are suitable for:

• Museum displays
• Tourist information centres
• Environmental education centres
• Mini-golf courses
• Educational display
• Palaeontological enthusiasts