Extinct megafauna skink discovered in Wellington Caves | Nyngan Observer
The Wellington Caves are historically-significant.
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The Wellington Caves are historically-significant.
A giant lizard one thousand times the size of its living relatives and covered in thick armour once roamed Australia.
<em>Tiliqua frangens </em>is about 1,000 times greater in size than most skinks and walked the Earth about 50,000 years ago, alongside other extinct megafauna
Its official name is Tiliqua frangens, but its bulky bod and serious spiky armour mean it already has a range of colourful nicknames including "Mega Chonk" and "Chonkasaurus".
A skink as big as a human arm has been comically dubbed the Mega Chonk after its bones...