Vombatus Saint-Hillaire 1803 (common wombat)
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Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Vombatidae
Synonym: Opossum Perry 1810
Parent taxon: Vombatidae according to M. S. Y. Springer et al. 1994
See also McKenna and Bell 1997 and Wells 1989
Sister taxa: Lasiorhinus, Nimbavombatus, Phascolomys, Phascolonus, Ramsayia, Rhizophascolonus, Warendja
Subtaxa: Vombatus ursinus
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (17 collections)
• Pliocene of Australia (2)
• Miocene to Holocene of Australia (1)
Total: 20 collections including 21 occurrences
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