Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Vombatidae
Full reference: P. Brewer, M. Archer, S. Hand and G. J. Price. 2018. A new species of Miocene wombat (Marsupialia, Vombatiformes) from Riversleigh, Queensland, Australia, and implications for the evolutionary history of the Vombatidae. Palaeontologia Electronica 21.2.27A:1-48
Belongs to Rhizophascolonus according to P. Brewer et al. 2018
Sister taxon: Rhizophascolonus crowcrofti
Type specimen: QM F23772, a tooth (left M1). Its type locality is Camel Sputum Site, which is in a Burdigalian terrestrial carbonate in Australia.
Ecology: scansorial herbivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Australia (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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