The Queensland Museum will use 3D scanning to digitise and visualise extinct supersized species of mammals, reptiles and marsupials found at a central Queensland mine during the past decade.

The world-class technology will also share the museum's research with Australian students and international scientists and has been made available thanks to a $7.6 million partnership, between the Queensland Museum and global resources company BHP, called Project DIG (Digital Infrastructure Growth).

Project DIG will focus on exploring the South Walker Creek Mine site with Queensland Museum and BHP joining forces.

Queensland Museum Acting CEO Jim Thompson said the technology would change the way the museum shared the 1.2 million objects in the Queensland collection with the world.

"The Queensland Museum's purpose has never changed, in terms of presenting the history of Queensland and Australia," he said.