Dicynodonts

Koonya, east of Hobart on the Tasman Peninsular is host to a late-Permian/Early Triassic fossil assemblage that includes the remains of one or more Dicynodonts, an extinct group of plant-eating animals often described as ‘mammal-like’ reptiles. Globally, Dicynodonts survived the Permian extinction and thrived throughout the Triassic.  The Koonya Dicynodont is estimated to have been an animal that was between 1 – 1.5m long. 
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Above: Dicynodont, mounted skeleton from Russia (Lystrosaurus, UTAS).

Left: Fossil Dicynodont tusk (top) and forelimb (lower), Koonya Tasmania (Z3714a & Z3715a; TMAG).