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Vombatoidea
Taxonomy
Vombatoidea was named by Iredole and Troughton (1934).
It was assigned to Marsupialia by Pledge (1987); to Diprotodonta by Rich (1986), McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Vombatomorphia by Beck et al. (2020).
It was assigned to Marsupialia by Pledge (1987); to Diprotodonta by Rich (1986), McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Vombatomorphia by Beck et al. (2020).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1934 | Vombatoidea Iredole and Troughton |
| 1986 | Vombatoidea Rich p. 69 |
| 1987 | Vombatoidea Pledge |
| 1997 | Vombatoidea McKenna and Bell |
| 2020 | Vombatoidea Beck et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Superfm. †Vombatoidea Iredole and Troughton 1934
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Fm. †Mukupirnidae Beck et al. 2020
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Fm. †Palorchestidae Tate 1948
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G. †Ngapakaldia Stirton 1967
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†Ngapakaldia bonythoni Stirton 1967
†Ngapakaldia tedfordi Stirton 1967
G. †Palorchestes Owen 1874
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†Palorchestes anulus Black 1997
†Palorchestes azael Owen 1874
†Palorchestes painei Woodburne 1967
†Palorchestes parvus De Vis 1895
†Palorchestes pickeringi Piper 2006
†Palorchestes selestiae Mackness 1995
G. †Propalorchestes Murray 1986
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†Propalorchestes novaculacephalus Murray 1986
†Propalorchestes ponticulus Murray 1990
Fm. Vombatidae Burnett 1829 [wombat]
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G. Lasiorhinus Gray 1863 [hairy-nosed wombat]
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Lasiorhinus krefftii Owen 1872 [northern hairy-nosed wombat]
Lasiorhinus latifrons Owen 1845 [southern hairy-nosed wombat]
G. †Rhizophascolonus Stirton et al. 1967
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†Rhizophascolonus crowcrofti Stirton et al. 1967
†Rhizophascolonus ngangaba Brewer et al. 2018
G. Vombatus Saint-Hillaire 1803 [common wombat]
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†Vombatus hacketti Glauert 1910
†Vombatus mitchelli Owen 1838
Vombatus ursinus Shaw 1800 [common wombat]
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Invalid names: Opossum hirsutum Perry 1810 [synonym], Phascolomys mitchelli Owen 1838 [synonym], Phascolomys platyrhinus Owen 1853 [synonym], Phascolomys vombatus Leach 1815 [synonym]
Invalid names: Opossum Perry 1810 [synonym]
G. †Warendja Hope and Wilkinson 1982
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†Warendja encorensis Brewer et al. 2007
†Warendja wakefieldi Hope and Wilkinson 1982
Invalid names: Phascolomina Gray 1825 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hopson 1973, Lillegraven 1979, Kiessling 2004, Clemens 1979 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Oligocene to the top of the Holocene or 27.30000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.04 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.04 Ma
Collections (78 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Chattian | Australia (Queensland) | Ngapakaldia bonythoni (134945 135706) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene | Australia (South Australia) | Mukupirna nambensis (183466) Ngapakaldia bonythoni (136799) Ngapakaldia tedfordi (181995) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene | Australia (South Australia) | Rhizophascolonus crowcrofti (13313) | |
| Aquitanian - Burdigalian | Australia (Queensland) | Rhizophascolonus ngangaba (203532) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Australia (Tasmania) | Palorchestes azael (181316) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Australia (Queensland) | Nimbavombatus boodjamullensis (134948 135748) | |
| Miocene - Holocene | Australia (Victoria) | Vombatus ursinus, Lasiorhinus krefftii, Ramsayia magna (182835) | |
| Burdigalian | Australia (Queensland) | Ngapakaldia bonythoni (134946) Rhizophascolonus ngangaba (203530) | |
| Middle Miocene | Australia (Northern Territory) | Propalorchestes sp. (236492) | |
| Tortonian | Australia (Queensland) | Palorchestes anulus (182096) Palorchestes sp., Warendja sp., Warendja wakefieldi, Palorchestes anulus (68775) | |
| Zanclean | Australia (Victoria) | Vombatidae indet. (70557) Vombatidae indet., Palorchestidae indet. (70556) Vombatidae indet., Palorchestidae indet., Palorchestes sp. (51328) Vombatus sp. (70558) | |
| Zanclean | Australia (Queensland) | Phascolonus lemleyi (182159) | |
| Pliocene | Australia (New South Wales) | Lasiorhinus sp. (182842) Palorchestes sp. (95862) Vombatus sp., Palorchestes sp., Phascolonus gigas, Vombatus mitchelli, Sedophascolomys medius, Ramsayia lemleyi (182916) | |
| Zanclean - Piacenzian | Australia (Victoria) | Vombatidae indet. (70572) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Australia (Victoria) | Phascolonus sp. (182150) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene | Australia (New South Wales) | Phascolonus magnus (182843) | |
| Piacenzian - Calabrian | Australia (Victoria) | Vombatidae indet., Palorchestidae indet. (70576) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Australia (New South Wales) | Lasiorhinus sp. (136155) Palorchestes parvus (236493) Vombatus indet. (182213) Vombatus indet., Phascolomys indet. (182211) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Australia ( New South Wales) | Lasiorhinus sp., Palorchestes parvus, Palorchestes pickeringi (182621) | |
| Pleistocene | Australia (New South Wales) | Lasiorhinus krefftii (95899) Phascolonus gigas (181761) Phascolonus sp. (182108) Vombatidae indet., Palorchestes azeal, Phascolomys menidus (96019) Vombatus sp. (96015) Warendja wakefieldi (137621) | |
| Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | Lasiorhinus latifrons, Vombatus ursinus (28298) Lasiorhinus sp. (136076) Lasiorhinus sp., Palorchestes azael (136073) Phascolonus gigas (135981) Vombatidae indet., Vombatus sp., Palorchestes painei (135983) Vombatus ursinus (136159 136430) Warendja wakefieldi (136107) | |
| Pleistocene | Australia (Queensland) | Palorchestes azael (144179) Phascolomys magnus (138402) Phascolomys sp. (138403) | |
| Pleistocene | Australia (Victoria) | Palorchestes azael, Palorchestes parvus (136474) Vombatidae indet. (70582) Vombatidae indet., Palorchestidae indet., Palorchestes sp. (70579) Vombatus ursinus, Warendja wakefieldi (136221) | |
| Pleistocene | Australia (Western Australia) | Vombatidae indet., Lasiorhinus latifrons (136225) | |
| Quaternary | Australia (New South Wales) | Lasiorhinus krefftii (181307) | |
| Chibanian | Australia (Queensland) | Palorchestes sp., Phascolomys sp. (144585) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (Queensland) | Palorchestes azael, Phascolonus gigas, Vombatus ursinus, Palorchestes parvus (136730) Palorchestidae indet. (183080) Phascolonus sp. (194845) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | Vombatus ursinus (136075) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (Tasmania) | Palorchestes azael (182960) Vombatus ursinus (182959) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (Queensland) | Palorchestes sp. nov?, Phascolonus gigas, Sedophascolomys medius (210195) Sedophascolomys medius (210197) Varanidae indet. (143748) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (Victoria) | Lasiorhinus latifrons, Vombatus ursinus (182939) Palorchestes azael (182001 236496) Vombatus ursinus (197269) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | Lasiorhinus latifrons (181314) Phascolonus sp. (182002) Vombatus urinus (182957) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial) | Australia (Victoria) | Vombatus sp. (92837) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Australia (South Australia) | Vombatus ursinus (136172 183085) | |
| Holocene | Australia (Western Australia) | Vombatus sp. (183094) | |
| Holocene | Australia (New South Wales) | Vombatus ursinus (235090) |