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''Euowenia'' is an extinct genus of
Diprotodontia Diprotodontia (, from Greek language, Greek "two forward teeth") is the largest extant order (biology), order of marsupials, with about 155 species, including the kangaroos, Wallaby, wallabies, Phalangeriformes, possums, koala, wombats, and many ...
which existed from the
Pliocene The Pliocene ( ; also Pleiocene) is the epoch (geology), epoch in the geologic time scale that extends from 5.33 to 2.58upper Pleistocene. Weighing around 500 kg, ''Euowenia'' is only known from three locations on mainland
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and the Tirari formation on the Warburton River in the Lake Eyre basin.


References

* ''Prehistoric Mammals of Australia and New Guinea: One Hundred Million Years of Evolution'' by John A. Long, Michael Archer, Timothy Flannery, and Suzanne Hand (page 79) * ''Dinosaur Encyclopedia'' by Jayne Parsons (page 207) Diprotodontids Prehistoric marsupial genera Fossil taxa described in 1887 Pliocene marsupials Extinct mammals of Australia {{Diprotodont-stub