Diprotodontia[1] Temporal range: 28–0 Ma Late Oligocene – Recent
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Scientific classification | |
Kinrick: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Cless: | Mammalia |
Infracless: | Marsupialia |
Superorder: | Australidelphia |
Order: | Diprotodontia Owen, 1866 |
Suborders | |
Vombatiformes |
The Diprotodontia (/daɪˌproʊtoʊˈdɒnʃⁱə/; Greek: διπρωτός diprotos, meanin "twa front" an οδοντος odontos meanin "teeth") are a muckle order o aboot 120 marsupial mammals includin the kangaroos, wallabies, possums, koala, wombats, an mony ithers. Extinct diprotodonts include the rhinoceros-sized Diprotodon, an Thylacoleo, the sae-cried "marsupial lion".