Fossils of a fearsome lion species with blade-like teeth that has been extinct for at least 18 million years are discovered in the Australian outback

A new species of extinct lion that inhabited lush rainforest more than 18 million years ago has been discovered in the Australian outback.

Like kangaroos and koalas, this fearsome creature was a marsupial but unlike today's descendent it was a meat-eater, armed with a fearsome set of teeth.

The findings are based on the discovery of fossilised remains of an animal's skull, teeth and upper arm bone found in the Riversleigh World Heritage Area of remote north-western Queensland.

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