page_title: Protemnodon
section_title: Taxonomy
hierarchical_section_title: Protemnodon / Taxonomy
caption_attribution_description: English: Protemnodon anak, Pleistocene of Australia. digital.
context_page_description: Protemnodon is a genus of megafaunal macropodids that existed in Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea in the Pliocene and Pleistocene.
context_section_description: Based on fossil evidence, Protemnodon is thought to have been physically similar to wallabies, but generally larger and more robust. Protemnodon nombe was the smallest in the genus, weighing about 45 kg; Protemnodon roechus was the largest in the genus, weighing around 170 kg.
  Recent analysis of mtDNA extracted from fossils indicates that Protemnodon was closely related to Macropus.
caption: Restoration of Protemnodon anak
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