Lasiorhinus Gray 1863 (hairy-nosed wombat)

Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Vombatidae

Parent taxon: Vombatidae according to R. M. D. Beck et al. 2020

See also Lundelius and Turnbull 1982, McKenna and Bell 1997, Pocock 1921, Springer et al. 1994 and Wells 1989

Sister taxa: Nimbavombatus, Phascolomys, Phascolonus, Ramsayia, Rhizophascolonus, Sedophascolomys, Vombatus, Warendja

Subtaxa: Lasiorhinus krefftii Lasiorhinus latifrons

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (10 collections)

• Pliocene of Australia (1)

• Miocene to Holocene of Australia (1)

Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence

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