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Glaucodon Temporal range: Late Pliocene
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Marsupialia
Order:	Dasyuromorphia
Family:	Dasyuridae
Genus:	†Glaucodon Stirton, 1957
Species:	†G. ballaratensis
Binomial name
†Glaucodon ballaratensis Stirton, 1957

Glaucodon is an extinct genus of marsupial from Australia.

References

1. Gerdtz, W. and Archbold, N. (2003) Glaucodon ballaratensis (Marsupialia, Dasyuridae), a Late Pliocene 'Devil' from Batesford, Victoria, Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, Vol 115, No 2, pp. 35–44, Royal Society of Victoria, Australia.

Further reading

• Wildlife of Gondwana: Dinosaurs and Other Vertebrates from the Ancient Supercontinent (Life of the Past) by Pat Vickers Rich, Thomas Hewitt Rich, Francesco Coffa, and Steven Morton
• Prehistoric Mammals of Australia and New Guinea: One Hundred Million Years of Evolution by John A. Long, Michael Archer, Timothy Flannery, and Suzanne Hand

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Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Superorder: Australidelphia
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