Nototherium
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Nototherium Temporal range: Pliocene–Pleistocene |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Subclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Diprotodontia |
| Suborder: | Vombatiformes |
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†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.
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