Nototherium is an extinct genus of marsupials from the family Diprotodontidae . Endemic to Australia . Lived in the Pleistocene era. They had gypsum molars . Like all members of the family, herbivores. Their natural enemies were megalanias and a marsupial lion .
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| Nototherium Owen , 1845 |
- Kinds
- Nototherium dunense
- Nototherium inerme
- Nototherium mitchelli
- Nototherium tasmanicus
- Nototherium victoriae
- Nototherium watutense
Literature
- Wildlife of Gondwana: Dinosaurs and Other Vertebrates from the Ancient Supercontinent (Life of the Past) by Pat Vickers Rich, Thomas Hewitt Rich, Francesco Coffa, and Steven Morton
- Prehistoric Mammals of Australia and New Guinea: One Hundred Million Years of Evolution by John A. Long, Michael Archer, Timothy Flannery, and Suzanne Hand