| Glaucodon Temporal range: Late Pliocene | |
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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 | |
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