Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals
Megalania-Pleistocene epoch, 1.4 million-50,000 years ago.
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Coin Details
| Origin/Country: |
AUSTRALIA - COMMEMORATIVE |
| Item Description: |
S$1 2014P MEGALANIA COLORIZED-EARLY RELEASES |
| Full Grade: |
NGC PF 70 ULTRA CAMEO |
| Owner: |
Von Werner |
Owner Comments:
Megalania is an extinct giant goanna or monitor lizard. They were part of a megafaunal assemblage that inhabited southern Australia during the Pleistocene. The youngest fossil remains date to around 50,000 years ago. The first aboriginal settlers of Australia might have encountered them and been a factor in their extinction.