Family Vombatidae Burnett 1829 (wombat)

Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Vombatidae

Synonym: Phascolomina Gray 1825

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

See also Brewer et al. 2015, Brewer et al. 2018, Gray 1825, Louys 2015, Lundelius and Turnbull 1982, Marshall 1974, McKenna and Bell 1997, Munemasa et al. 2006, Nowak 1991 and Springer et al. 1994

Sister taxa: Mukupirnidae, Palorchestidae

Subtaxa: Lasiorhinus Nimbavombatus Phascolomys Phascolonus Ramsayia Rhizophascolonus Sedophascolomys Vombatus Warendja

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Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (44 collections)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Australia (2)

• Pliocene to Holocene of Australia (1)

• Pliocene of Australia (9)

• Miocene of Australia (5)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (1)

Total: 62 collections including 79 occurrences

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