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Protemnodon
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Protemnodon

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Protemnodon is an extinct genus of megafaunal macropodids that existed in Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea in the Pliocene and Pleistocene. Members of this genus are also called giant kangaroos.

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Protemnodon is an extinct genus of megafaunal macropodids that existed in Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea in the Pliocene and Pleistocene. Members of this genus are also called giant kangaroos.

Protemnodon tumbuna

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Protemnodon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.