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Diprotodon (Ancient Gr****: "two
protruding front teeth") is an
extinct genus of
marsupial from the
Pleistocene of
Australia containing one species, D....
- digging.
Marsupials are
arranged by size, with the
largest at the top.
Diprotodon optatum is not only the
largest known species of diprotodontid, but also...
- and many others.
Extinct diprotodonts include the hippopotamus-sized
Diprotodon, and Thylacoleo, the so-called "marsupial lion".
Living diprotodonts are...
- much
larger than itself.
Larger animals that were
likely prey
include Diprotodon spp. and
giant kangaroos. It
seems improbable that
Thylacoleo could achieve...
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notably including the
largest marsupial that ever lived, the rhino-sized
Diprotodon. Nimbadon,
which is
often considered a
basal diprotodontid, was arboreal...
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families are the Diprotodontidae,
which includes the
rhinoceros sized Diprotodon,
believed to be the
largest marsupials ever, as well as the "marsupial...
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Giant wombat may
refer to an
extinct animal from the genera:
Diprotodon (which is a
diprotodontid and not a true wombat)
Phascolonus Ramsayia Sedophascolomys...
- than a "giant"; in contrast, a
number of
Australian megafauna, such as
Diprotodon and Procoptodon, were
unambiguously giants, even if not
compared to their...
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hypsodont molars and
weighed around 500 kg. It was a
relative of the
larger Diprotodon and a
distant kin to
modern wombats.
Nototherium inerme Owen, 1845 Nototherium...
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Diprotodon went
extinct about 40,000
years ago as part of the
Quaternary extinction event,
along with
every other Australian creature over 100 kg (220 lb)...
