After the continents that formed Pangaea spilit apart during the Cretaceous Period, the lands we would now refer to as Australia seemed poised to develop a set of flora and fauna all its own. Check out how this wonderful story of marsupial and eucalyptus survival may have taken place.
Should We Count Australia as a Biogeographic Island?
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