Diprotodontoidea
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The Diprotodontoidea is a superfamily of Australian-New Guinean megafauna within the Vombatiformes . Animals belonging to this superfamily existed from the late Oligocene to the late Pleistocene and were among the largest marsupials in geological history.
General systematics
The Diprotodontoidea comprises two closely related families , the Diprotodontidae family and the Palorchestidae family . The Diprotodontidae family divides into two subfamilies , the Diprotodontinae and the Zygomaturinae . The family of the primitive Vombatomorphia of the Wynyardiidae is considered to be closest related to the Diprotodontoidea .
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Position of the Diprotodontoidea within the Vombatomorphia according to Myers et al. 1999. from: Long, Archer, Flannery, Hand: Prehistoric Mammals of Australia and New Guinea, one hundred million years of evolution
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Internal system
According to Black, Mackness 1999 (from: Long, Archer, Flannery, Hand: Prehistoric Mammals of Australia and New Guinea, one hundred million years of evolution . Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore / London 2002, ISBN 0-8018-7223-5 ) :
- Diprotodontoidea
literature
- Long, Archer, Flannery, Hand: Prehistoric Mammals of Australia and New Guinea, one hundred million years of evolution . Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore / London 2002, ISBN 0-8018-7223-5 .
