Diprotodontidae Temporal range: Late Oligocene–Pleistocene |
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Restoration of Diprotodon | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Synapsida |
Class: | Mammalia |
Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
Order: | Diprotodontia |
Superfamily: | †Diprotodontoidea |
Family: | †Diprotodontidae |
Subfamilies & Genera | |
Alkwertatherium |
Alkwertatherium
Bematherium
Pyramios
Nototherium
Meniscolophus
Euryzygoma
Diprotodon
Euowenia
Sthenomerus
Zygomaturinae
The Diprotodontidae are an extinct family of large marsupials, endemic to what would be Australia, during the Oligocene through periods from 28.4 million to 11,000 years ago.