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Diprotodon

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Di`pro´to`don
n.1.(Paleon.) An extinct Quaternary marsupial from Australia, about as large as the hippopotamus; - so named because of its two large front teeth. See Illustration in Appendix.


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The continent boasts the largest fossil marsupial, Diprotodon, and a collection of the fossilized remains of animals that never appeared anywhere else on earth -- including Palorchestes, a marsupial lion called Thylacoleo carnifex, a carnivorous kangaroo called Propelopus, an assortment of dinosaurs and a recently identified order of mammals called Thingodonta, which are entirely unlike anything found on the rest of the planet.
Creatures of the dreamtime: a new exhibit digs deep into Australia's ... by Weisburd, Stefi / Science News
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