Diprotodontidae

Diprotodontidae
Temporal range: Late Oligocene – Late Pleistocene
Restoration of Diprotodon
Fossil of Zygomaturus
Scientific classification Edit this 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]

  1. ^ "Family - Diprotodontidae Gill 1872 (diprotodont marsupial)". PaleoBiology Database. Archived from the original on 2015-04-03.