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1 2 y separately published work icon The Short Tragic Life of Leo the Marsupial Lion John A. Long , Jill Ruse (illustrator), Welshpool : Western Australian Museum , 2009 Z1629763 2009 single work picture book children's Leo's remains were discovered in a remote cave on the Nullarbor Plain. He was a marsupial lion, Thylacoleo, one of Australia's most extraordinary megafauna (extinct giant animals), thought to have lived approximately 500,000 years ago. This fascinating book recreates Leo's life in the period leading up to his early and tragic death. 

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1 1 y separately published work icon Gogo Fish! : The Story of the Western Australian State Fossil Emblem John A. Long , Perth : Western Australian Museum , 2004 Z1186879 2004 single work information book children's
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