Zygomaturus

Zygomaturus
Temporal range:
Skeletal mount of Zygomaturus trilobus at the Melbourne Museum
Restoration of Z. trilobus
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Diprotodontia
Family: †Diprotodontidae
Subfamily: †Zygomaturinae
Genus: †Zygomaturus
Macleay, 1857
Species
  • †Zygomaturus diahotensis
  • †Zygomaturus gilli
    (Nomen dubium)
  • †Zygomaturus tasmanicus
  • †Zygomaturus trilobus

Zygomaturus is an extinct genus of giant marsupial belonging to the family Diprotodontidae which inhabited Australia from the Late Miocene to Late Pleistocene.

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