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Protemnodon
Extinct genus of marsupials / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Protemnodon is an extinct genus of megafaunal macropodids that existed in Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea in the Pliocene and Pleistocene. Members of this genus are also called giant kangaroos.
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Protemnodon[1] Temporal range: Pliocene - Late Pleistocene | |
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Skull of Protemnodon anak at the Melbourne Museum | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
Order: | Diprotodontia |
Family: | Macropodidae |
Subfamily: | Macropodinae |
Genus: | †Protemnodon Owen, 1874 |
Type species | |
†Protemnodon anak Owen, 1874 | |
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