†Diprotodon Owen 1838 (diprotodont marsupial)
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Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Diprotodontidae
Parent taxon: Diprotodontidae according to R. I. Pocock 1921
See also Lydekker 1894 and McKenna and Bell 1997
Sister taxa: Bematherium, Brachalletes, Chronozoon, Diprotodontinae, Euowenia, Euryzygoma, Koalemus, Kolopsis, Kolopsoides, Meniscolophus, Nototherium, Plaisiodon, Pyramios, Raemeotherium, Sthenmerus, Zygomaturinae
Subtaxa: Diprotodon optatum
Type: Diprotodon optatum
Ecology: scansorial omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (60 collections)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Australia (3)
• Pliocene of Australia (2)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Australia (1)
• Miocene to Holocene of Australia (1)
Total: 67 collections including 71 occurrences
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