Diprotodontidae Temporal range:
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Restoration of Diprotodon | |
Fossil of Zygomaturus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
Order: | Diprotodontia |
Superfamily: | †Diprotodontoidea |
Family: | †Diprotodontidae Gill, 1872 |
Subfamilies & genera | |
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Diprotodontidae is an extinct family of large herbivorous marsupials, endemic to Australia and New Guinea during the Oligocene through Pleistocene periods from 28.4 million to 40,000 years ago.[1]