Simosthenurus

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Simosthenurus
Fossil range: Pleistocene

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Marsupialia
Order:	Diprotodontia
Family:	Macropodidae
Subfamily:	Sthenurinae
Genus:	Simosthenurus Tedford, 1966

Species

Simosthenurus maddocki
Simosthenurus occidentalis

Simosthenurus is a genus of megafaunal macropods that existed in Australia in the Pleistocene. The members of the genus are large, Simosthenurus occidentalis weighed over 118 kilograms.^[1]

[edit] References

^ Helgen, K.M., Wells, R.T., Kear, B.P., Gerdtz, W.R., and Flannery, T.F. (2006). "Ecological and evolutionary significance of sizes of giant extinct kangaroos". Australian Journal of Zoology 54: 293–303. doi:10.1071/ZO05077.