Victorians have spoken, choosing a car-sized amphibian that researchers say looked like a cross between a newt and a crocodile to be the state's official fossil emblem. Koolasuchus cleelandi, a ...

But the giant carnivorous salamander Koolasuchus cleelandi — which lived about 125 million years ago (give or take) — has Gippsland fossil hunter Mike Cleeland to thank for its name. Mike was ...