- Nototherium
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Nototherium
Temporal range: Pliocene–PleistoceneScientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Subclass: Marsupialia Order: Diprotodontia Suborder: Vombatiformes Family: †Diprotodontidae
Gill, 1872Genus: †Nototherium
Owen, 1845Nototherium ("Southern Beast) is an extinct genus of marsupial. This mammal had hypsodont molars. It was a relative of the larger Diprotodon and a distant kin to modern wombats too. It was hunted by Megalania and Thylacoleo carnifex.
Sources
- Wildlife of Gondwana: Dinosaurs and Other Vertebrates from the Ancient Supercontinent (Life of the Past) by Pat Vickers Rich, Thomas Hewitt Rich, Francesco Coffa, and Steven Morton
- Prehistoric Mammals of Australia and New Guinea: One Hundred Million Years of Evolution by John A. Long, Michael Archer, Timothy Flannery, and Suzanne Hand
See also
- List of adaptive radiated marsupials by form
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