Diprotodon optatum

GPTKB entity

Statements (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:genus
gptkbp:body_shape strong limbs
robust body
gptkbp:climate temperate climate
gptkbp:conservation_status extinct
gptkbp:diet gptkb:herbivore
gptkbp:discovery gptkb:Australia
gptkbp:discovery_year 1838
gptkbp:extinction_cause climate change and human activity
gptkbp:first_described_by gptkb:Richard_Owen
gptkbp:fossil_record gptkb:Lake_Callabonna
bone fossils
up to 1 million years
BMNH 1850
significant for understanding megafauna
gptkbp:genus gptkb:Diprotodon
gptkbp:habitat open grasslands
open woodlands
gptkbp:has_skin thick skin
gptkbp:head large, flat skull
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Diprotodon optatum
gptkbp:is_a gptkb:Martian_Manhunter
gptkbp:is_found_in gptkb:Australia
gptkbp:is_known_to fossil records
gptkbp:is_similar_to gptkb:modern_rhinoceros
gptkbp:length up to 4 meters
gptkbp:lived_during Pleistocene
gptkbp:material up to 1 meter
gptkbp:mouth broad, flat teeth
gptkbp:named_after optatum
gptkbp:originated_in gptkb:Diprotodontia
gptkbp:paleobiology grassland and shrubland
herbivorous megafauna
largest marsupial fossil
gptkbp:related_species gptkb:Diprotodon_australis
gptkbp:related_to modern wombats
gptkbp:reproduction viviparous
gptkbp:scientific_classification gptkb:Mammalia
gptkbp:size largest known marsupial
gptkbp:social_behavior likely social animals
gptkbp:tail_length short tail
gptkbp:weight up to 3,500 kg
over 2,500 kg
gptkbp:wildlife approximately 46,000 years ago
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Diprotodon
gptkb:Diprotodontia
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5