{"id":149,"date":"2021-11-15T11:55:44","date_gmt":"2021-11-15T01:25:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.flinders.edu.au\/vamp\/?page_id=149"},"modified":"2023-06-02T11:41:06","modified_gmt":"2023-06-02T02:11:06","slug":"diprotodontidae-family-diprotodons-relatives","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.flinders.edu.au\/vamp\/fossils\/vertebrate-fossils\/marsupials\/diprotodontidae-family-diprotodons-relatives\/","title":{"rendered":"Diprotodontidae family (<i>Diprotodon<\/i> &amp; relatives)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1>Diprotodontidae family<\/h1>\n<h3><em>Diprotodon<\/em> &amp; relatives<\/h3>\n<p>The Diprotodontidae are an extinct family of large quadrupedal herbivorous marsupials that were endemic to Australia and New Guinea. They first appear in the late Oligocene, with the last remaining members becoming extinct in the late Pleistocene.<\/p>\n<p>The family currently contains around 30 species, including the iconic <em>Diprotodon optatum<\/em>, the largest marsupial to ever have lived.[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image=&#8221;434&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.flinders.edu.au\/vamp\/fossils\/vertebrate-fossils\/marsupials\/diprotodontidae-family-diprotodons-relatives\/alkwertatherium-webbi\/\"><em><span style=\"color: #666699\">Alkwertatherium webbi<\/span><\/em><\/a><\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.flinders.edu.au\/vamp\/fossils\/vertebrate-fossils\/marsupials\/diprotodontidae-family-diprotodons-relatives\/diprotodon-optatum\/\"><em><span style=\"color: #666699\">Diprotodon optatum<\/span><\/em><\/a><\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.flinders.edu.au\/vamp\/fossils\/vertebrate-fossils\/marsupials\/diprotodontidae-family-diprotodons-relatives\/kolopsis-yperus\/\"><em><span style=\"color: #666699\">Kolopsis yperus<\/span><\/em><\/a><\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2><em><span style=\"color: #666699\"><a style=\"color: #666699\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.flinders.edu.au\/vamp\/fossils\/vertebrate-fossils\/marsupials\/diprotodontidae-family-diprotodons-relatives\/ngapakaldia-tedfordi\/\">Ngapakaldia tedfordi<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.flinders.edu.au\/vamp\/fossils\/vertebrate-fossils\/marsupials\/diprotodontidae-family-diprotodons-relatives\/palorchestes-painei\/\"><em>Palorchestes painei<\/em><\/a><\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.flinders.edu.au\/vamp\/fossils\/vertebrate-fossils\/marsupials\/diprotodontidae-family-diprotodons-relatives\/plaisiodon-centralis\/\"><em>Plaisiodon centralis<\/em><\/a><\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.flinders.edu.au\/vamp\/pyramios-alcootense\/\"><em>Pyramios alcootense<\/em><\/a><\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.flinders.edu.au\/vamp\/fossils\/vertebrate-fossils\/marsupials\/diprotodontidae-family-diprotodons-relatives\/ambulator-keanei\/\"><em><span style=\"color: #666699\">Ambulator keanei<\/span><\/em><\/a><\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.flinders.edu.au\/vamp\/fossils\/vertebrate-fossils\/marsupials\/diprotodontidae-family-diprotodons-relatives\/kolopsis-torus\/\"><em>Kolopsis torus<\/em><\/a><\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.flinders.edu.au\/vamp\/fossils\/vertebrate-fossils\/marsupials\/diprotodontidae-family-diprotodons-relatives\/meniscolophus-mawsoni\/\"><em><span style=\"color: #666699\">Meniscolophus mawsoni<\/span><\/em><\/a><\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.flinders.edu.au\/vamp\/palorchestes-azael\/\"><em>Palorchestes azael<\/em><\/a><\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.flinders.edu.au\/vamp\/fossils\/vertebrate-fossils\/marsupials\/diprotodontidae-family-diprotodons-relatives\/pitikantia-dailyi\/\"><em><span style=\"color: #666699\">Pitikantia dailyi<\/span><\/em><\/a><\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.flinders.edu.au\/vamp\/fossils\/vertebrate-fossils\/marsupials\/diprotodontidae-family-diprotodons-relatives\/propalorchestes-novaculacephalus\/\"><em>Propalorchestes novaculacephalus<\/em><\/a><\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text] Diprotodontidae family Diprotodon &amp; relatives The Diprotodontidae are an extinct family of large quadrupedal herbivorous marsupials that were endemic to Australia and New Guinea. They first appear in the late Oligocene, with the last remaining members becoming extinct in the late Pleistocene. 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