Nototherium
| Nototherium Temporal range: Pliocene–Pleistocene | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Subclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Diprotodontia |
| Suborder: | Vombatiformes |
| Family: | †Diprotodontidae Gill, 1872 |
| Genus: | †Nototherium Owen, 1845 |
Nototherium ("Southern Beast") is an extinct genus of marsupial from Australia. 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
Nototherium mitcheli
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