Propleopus chillagoensis is an extinct species of marsupial, of the genus Propleopus. It was found in new North Queensland, and is related to the musky rat-kangaroo.[1] Propleopus chillagoensis was likely omnivorous.
| Propleopus chillagoensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Diprotodontia |
| Family: | Hypsiprymnodontidae |
| Genus: | †Propleopus |
| Species: | †P. chillagoensis
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| Binomial name | |
| †Propleopus chillagoensis Archer et al., 1978
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References edit
- ^ M. Archer; A. Bartholomai; L. G. Marshall (1978). "Propleopus chillagoensis, a new North Queensland species of extinct giant rat–kangaroo (Macropodidae: Potorinae)". Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria. 39: 55–60. doi:10.24199/J.MMV.1978.39.04.