Procoptodon
| Procoptodon Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
| Procoptodon gilli skull. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Diprotodontia |
| Family: | Macropodidae |
| Subfamily: | †Sthenurinae |
| Genus: | †Procoptodon Owen, 1873 |
| Type species | |
| Macropus goliah Owen, 1845 | |
| Species | |
Procoptodon is an extinct genus of giant short-faced (sthenurine) kangaroos that lived in Australia during the Pleistocene Epoch. P. goliah, the largest known kangaroo species that ever existed, stood at about 2 m (6.6 ft). They weighed about 200–240 kg (440–530 lb). Other members of the genus were smaller, however; Procoptodon gilli was the smallest of all of the sthenurine kangaroos, standing approximately 1 m (3 ft 3 in) tall.
The genus is derived from Simosthenurus, making the latter genus paraphyletic.: 285