Procoptodon Goliah – 2.8m high – Giant Short-faced Megafauna Kangaroo

This custom-designed Procoptodon goliah sculpture is a great addition to our Australian Megafauna collection. Photos show unpainted and painted versions of the sculpture.

About the Procoptodon goliah

These giant kangaroos lived alongside modern species of kangaroos in the Pleistocene epoch
Primarily lived on a diet of leaves from trees and shrubs
Due to the large size of these animals, they would have probably walked, not hopped
Lived in a variety of habitats, mainly semiarid areas of New South Wales and South Australia
Various complete skeletons were found in caves on the Nullarbor Plain
Procoptodon would have had tiny, hairless young that developed to maturity in a pouch after birth
It is believed to have become extinct about 15,000 years ago

Sculpture features

Museum-quality replica
stands 2.8m high and is a heavily built kangaroo
Handmade and painted
Unusually short, flat face
Forwardly directed eyes (giving it a primitive-like appearance)
A single large toe on each foot (kangaroos normally have four)
the Procoptodon foot and heel were wider than other kangaroos
Each hand had two long clawed fingers (probably used for lowering branches)
The height of Procoptodon goliah has often been estimated at about 3 metres

Display Suitability

This quality sculpture would be an ideal addition to:-

An education museum display, diorama or exhibit. Ideal for young and older palaeontologists to understand the height and structure of our prehistoric, distant past.
Educational and entertaining family attractions
Natural wildlife displays
Australian native and Aboriginal cultural and interpretive displays (Procoptodon goliah would have overlapped with Aboriginal people for as long as 30,000 years. In New South Wales, Aboriginal people still recount stories of a large, long-armed, aggressive kangaroo that would attack people).
Read more about Ptocoptodon goliah on the Australian Museum website

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Weight	150 kg
Dimensions	280 cm

Pricing

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Additional Extras

Clear coat finish or a heavy duty gel coat finish is recommended for all products that will be used outside, to protect the finish. See product care guide
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