Phascolonus Owen 1872 (wombat)

Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Vombatidae

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

See also Louys 2015, Lydekker 1894, McKenna and Bell 1997, Pocock 1921 and Wells 1989

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

Subtaxa: Phascolonus gigas Phascolonus lemleyi

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Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (7 collections)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Australia (1)

• Pliocene of Australia (3)

Total: 11 collections including 12 occurrences

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