The ‘Mega Chonk’ roamed Australia alongside the Diprotodon and giant kangaroos.
Around 1,500 of the living lizard species on Earth fall into the skink family—a category of small reptiles noted for their unusually short legs and lack of a distinct neck. These chunky little creatures are found pretty much everywhere—the islands of Southeast Asia, deserts of Australia, and temperate zones of North America. But what we know of the paleontological history of these reptiles is limited.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, the biggest skink known to history was recently discovered where lots of other giant creatures once roamed—Australia. About a decade ago, scientists uncovered an unusually large lizard-like skull and jaw in the Wellington caves in New South Wales. A new analysis published in on June 13 unveiled that those two bones, as well as finds from a more recent excavation in the region, belong to an extinct skink species called the
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