Diprotodontidae
| Diprotodontidae Temporal range: | |
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| Restoration of Diprotodon | |
| Fossil of Zygomaturus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Diprotodontia |
| Superfamily: | †Diprotodontoidea |
| Family: | †Diprotodontidae Gill, 1872 |
| Subfamilies and genera | |
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Diprotodontidae is an extinct family of large herbivorous marsupials, endemic to Australia and New Guinea during the Oligocene through Pleistocene periods from 28.4 million to 40,000 years ago.