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| image = Diprotodon optatum (2).jpg
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| image_caption = Restoration of ''[[Diprotodon]]''
| image_caption = Restoration of ''[[Diprotodon]]''
| image2 = Composite Nimbadon lavarackorum skeleton from AL90, Riversleigh - journal.pone.0048213.g001.png
| image2_caption = Fossil of ''[[Nimbadon]]''
| taxon = Diprotodontidae
| taxon = Diprotodontidae
| authority = Gill, 1872
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The '''Diprotodontidae''' are an [[extinct]] [[Family (biology)|family]] of large [[marsupial]]s, endemic to what would be [[Australia]], during the [[Oligocene]] through [[Pleistocene]] periods from 28.4 million to 11,000 years ago.<ref>[http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=40185&is_real_user=1 PaleoBiology Database: Diprotodontidae, basic info]</ref> Also referred to as '''giant wombats''', the family includes the largest marsupial that ever lived, the enormous wombat-like ''[[Diprotodon]]''.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Price|first=Gilbert J.|last2=Ferguson|first2=Kyle J.|last3=Webb|first3=Gregory E.|last4=Feng|first4=Yue-xing|last5=Higgins|first5=Pennilyn|last6=Nguyen|first6=Ai Duc|last7=Zhao|first7=Jian-xin|last8=Joannes-Boyau|first8=Renaud|last9=Louys|first9=Julien|date=2017-09-27|title=Seasonal migration of marsupial megafauna in Pleistocene Sahul (Australia–New Guinea)|journal=Proc. R. Soc. B|language=en|volume=284|issue=1863|pages=20170785|doi=10.1098/rspb.2017.0785|issn=0962-8452|pmid=28954903|pmc=5627191}}</ref>
The '''Diprotodontidae''' are an [[extinct]] [[Family (biology)|family]] of large herbivorous [[marsupial]]s, endemic to [[Australia]] and [[New Guinea]] during the [[Oligocene]] through [[Pleistocene]] periods from 28.4 million to 11,000 years ago.<ref>[http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=40185&is_real_user=1 PaleoBiology Database: Diprotodontidae, basic info]</ref> The family is best known from large-sized terrestrial forms, notably including the largest marsupial that ever lived, the enormous wombat-like ''[[Diprotodon]]''.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Price|first=Gilbert J.|last2=Ferguson|first2=Kyle J.|last3=Webb|first3=Gregory E.|last4=Feng|first4=Yue-xing|last5=Higgins|first5=Pennilyn|last6=Nguyen|first6=Ai Duc|last7=Zhao|first7=Jian-xin|last8=Joannes-Boyau|first8=Renaud|last9=Louys|first9=Julien|date=2017-09-27|title=Seasonal migration of marsupial megafauna in Pleistocene Sahul (Australia–New Guinea)|journal=Proc. R. Soc. B|language=en|volume=284|issue=1863|pages=20170785|doi=10.1098/rspb.2017.0785|issn=0962-8452|pmid=28954903|pmc=5627191}}</ref> The family also included ''[[Nimbadon]],'' which is thought to have habitually climbed trees.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Black |first=Karen H. |last2=Camens |first2=Aaron B. |last3=Archer |first3=Michael |last4=Hand |first4=Suzanne J. |date=2012-11-21 |title=Herds Overhead: Nimbadon lavarackorum (Diprotodontidae), Heavyweight Marsupial Herbivores in the Miocene Forests of Australia |url=https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0048213 |journal=PLOS ONE |language=en |volume=7 |issue=11 |pages=e48213 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0048213 |issn=1932-6203 |pmc=PMC3504027 |pmid=23185250}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

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Diprotodontidae
Temporal range: Late Oligocene–Pleistocene
Restoration of Diprotodon
Fossil of Nimbadon
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Diprotodontia
Superfamily: †Diprotodontoidea
Family: †Diprotodontidae
Gill, 1872
Subfamilies & genera

The Diprotodontidae are an extinct family of large herbivorous marsupials, endemic to Australia and New Guinea during the Oligocene through Pleistocene periods from 28.4 million to 11,000 years ago.[1] The family is best known from large-sized terrestrial forms, notably including the largest marsupial that ever lived, the enormous wombat-like Diprotodon.[2] The family also included Nimbadon, which is thought to have habitually climbed trees.[3]

References

  1. ^ PaleoBiology Database: Diprotodontidae, basic info
  2. ^ Price, Gilbert J.; Ferguson, Kyle J.; Webb, Gregory E.; Feng, Yue-xing; Higgins, Pennilyn; Nguyen, Ai Duc; Zhao, Jian-xin; Joannes-Boyau, Renaud; Louys, Julien (2017-09-27). "Seasonal migration of marsupial megafauna in Pleistocene Sahul (Australia–New Guinea)". Proc. R. Soc. B. 284 (1863): 20170785. doi:10.1098/rspb.2017.0785. ISSN 0962-8452. PMC 5627191. PMID 28954903.
  3. ^ Black, Karen H.; Camens, Aaron B.; Archer, Michael; Hand, Suzanne J. (2012-11-21). "Herds Overhead: Nimbadon lavarackorum (Diprotodontidae), Heavyweight Marsupial Herbivores in the Miocene Forests of Australia". PLOS ONE. 7 (11): e48213. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0048213. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 3504027. PMID 23185250.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: PMC format (link) CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)
  • Vertebrate Palaeontology by Michael J. Benton (page 314)
  • 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 (page 77)


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