Propleopus Temporal range: 4.3–0.055 Ma Pliocene - |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Australidelphia |
Family: | Hypsiprymnodontidae |
Subfamily: | Propleoninae |
Genus: |
Propleopus Longman, 1924 |
Species | |
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Propleopus is an extinct genus of marsupials. Three species are known, P. chillagoensis from the , P. oscillans, and P. wellingtonensis from the . In contrast to most other kangaroos, and similar to its small extant relative, the musky rat-kangaroo, it was probably omnivorous.