Rhizophascolonus crowcrofti Stirton et al. 1967 (wombat)

Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Vombatidae

Full reference: R. A. Stirton, R. H. Tedford, and M. O. Woodburne. 1967. A new Tertiary formation and fauna from the Tirari Desert, South Australia. Records of the South Australian Museum 15:427-461

Belongs to Rhizophascolonus according to P. Brewer et al. 2018

See also Stirton et al. 1967

Sister taxon: Rhizophascolonus ngangaba

Type specimen: SAM P13846, a tooth (a right M4)

Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution: found only at Leaf locality, Lake Ngapakaldi (Oligocene to Miocene of Australia)

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