The Pliocene is the epoch in the geologic time scale that extends from 5.33 to 2.58 million years ago. It is the second and most recent epoch of the Neogene Period in the Cenozoic Era. The Pliocene fo
Some schemes for subdivisions of the Pliocene
The gastropod Oliva sayana, from the Pliocene of Florida
The coral Cladocora from the Pliocene of Cyprus
A gastropod and attached serpulid wormtube from the Pliocene of Cyprus
Diprotodon, from Ancient Greek δί-, meaning "two", πρῶτος, meaning "first", and ὀδούς, meaning "tooth", is an extinct genus of diprotodontid marsupial from the Pleistocene of Australia containing one
Early reconstruction of Diprotodon by Alice B. Woodward, 1912
Illustration of a Diprotodon fossil in the dry lakebed of Lake Callabonna
Diprotodon skull at the Natural History Museum, London