Diprotodontidae

Diprotodontidae, from Ancient Greek δί- (dí-), meaning "two", πρῶτος (prôtos), meaning "first", and ὀδούς (odoús), meaning "tooth", 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.

Diprotodontidae

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
DiprotodontoideaPBDB
Diet
omnivorePBDB, for Marsupialia
Life habit
scansorialPBDB, for Marsupialia
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Osteichthyes
Environment
terrestrialPBDB, for Mammalia

Time the record covers

At least 22 million years on record.

The record covers at least 23.04 Mya to 129 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 33.9 Mya to 0 Mya.

Eocene — about 0 of 152 occurrencesOligocene — about 7 of 152 occurrencesOligoceneMiocene — about 14 of 152 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 32 of 152 occurrencesPleistocene — about 99 of 152 occurrences35–33 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences33–32 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences32–31 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences31–30 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences30–29 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences29–28 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences28–27 Mya — about 1 occurrence27–25 Mya — about 2 occurrences25–24 Mya — about 2 occurrences24–23 Mya — about 2 occurrences23–22 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences22–21 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences21–20 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences20–18 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences18–17 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences17–16 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences16–15 Mya — about 2 occurrences15–14 Mya — about 2 occurrences14–13 Mya — about 2 occurrences13–12 Mya — about 2 occurrences12–10 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences10–9.2 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences9.2–8.1 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences8.1–6.9 Mya — about 1 occurrence6.9–5.8 Mya — about 2 occurrences5.8–4.6 Mya — about 10 occurrences4.6–3.5 Mya — about 14 occurrences3.5–2.3 Mya — about 17 occurrences2.3–1.2 Mya — about 34 occurrences1.2–0 Mya — about 57 occurrences23.04 Mya129 ka34.6 Mya0 Mya

152 occurrences of Diprotodontidae on record, most of them in the Pleistocene. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

152 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

23 formations

Otibanda — 7.25°S, 146.50°EOtibanda — 2.75°S, 140.33°EWyandotte — 18.77°S, 144.85°EAllingham — 19.72°S, 145.60°EBlack Rock Sandstone — 37.99°S, 145.04°ENamba — 31.23°S, 140.23°EWhaler's Bluff — 38.36°S, 141.60°EMoorabool Viaduct Sand — 38.12°S, 144.28°EChinchilla Sand — 26.75°S, 150.63°ED Clay — 35.70°S, 144.83°ELoxton — 34.15°S, 139.91°EJan Juc — 38.20°S, 144.27°EBatesford Limestone — 38.09°S, 144.28°EGrange Burn — 37.70°S, 141.95°ENelson Bay — 38.60°S, 141.58°EWaite — 22.87°S, 134.87°ECamfield Beds — 17.12°S, 131.53°E? Etadunna — 19.08°S, 138.72°EMoorna Sandstone — 34.13°S, 141.62°EEttadunna — 28.78°S, 138.42°EMoorna — 34.12°S, 141.65°EEtadunna — 29.33°S, 137.50°EKatipiri — 28.39°S, 138.32°ETirari — 27.98°S, 137.73°E

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The named rock units Diprotodontidae has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 117 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Diprotodontidae and its relatives

Pleistocene

Where Diprotodontidae and its relatives were recorded in the Pleistocene.

Found in the same rock

636 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 127 sites for Diprotodontidae, and this reads all of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

59 references

Each of the 152 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 47 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content1

Picture of Diprotodontidae

Credit
Creator:Dmitry Bogdanov
Licence
CC BY 3.0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

No 3D scan of Diprotodontidae was found in Sketchfab.

Smithsonian Open Access and MorphoSource were not reached for this taxon, so this list is what the others held rather than everything there is.

The description on this site

Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Gill 1872