| Meniscolophus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Diprotodontia |
| Family: | † Diprotodontidae |
| Genus: | † Meniscolophus Stirton, 1955 |
| Species: | †M. mawsoni |
| Binomial name | |
| †Meniscolophus mawsoni Stirton, 1955 | |
Meniscolophus is an extinct genus of Diprotodontia known from the early Pliocene of the Tirari Desert, South Australia.
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