Palaeopotorous
| Palaeopotorous Temporal range: Late Oligocene (Chattian),
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Diprotodontia |
| Family: | Potoroidae |
| Genus: | †Palaeopotorous Flannery and Rich 1986 |
| Species: | †P. priscus
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| Binomial name | |
| †Palaeopotorous priscus Flannery and Rich 1986
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Palaeopotorous priscus is a fossil species of diprotodont marsupial, known from specimens obtained in central Australia. The animal was similar to the modern species of the family Potoroidae, the potoroos and bettongs.