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Sedophascolomys

Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Vombatidae

Taxonomy

Sedophascolomys was named by Louys (2015).

It was assigned to Vombatidae by Louys (2015), Beck et al. (2020).

Species

S. medius

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
2015	Sedophascolomys Louys
2020	Sedophascolomys Beck et al.

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()

Rank	Name	Author
infraorder	Cynodontia	()
—	Mammaliamorpha
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
subclass	Metatheria	()
—	Marsupialiformes
—	Marsupialia	()
—	Australidelphia	Szalay 1982
order	Diprotodontia	Owen 1866
suborder	Vombatiformes	Burnett 1830
infraorder	Vombatomorphia	Alpin and Archer 1987
superfamily	Vombatoidea	Iredole and Troughton 1934
family	Vombatidae	Burnett 1829
genus	Sedophascolomys

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.

G. †Sedophascolomys Louys 2015

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†Sedophascolomys medius Owen 1872

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Environment:

terrestrialc

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Life habit:

scansorialf

Diet:

herbivoref

Reproduction:

viviparoussubc

Created:

2005-06-08 10:11:10

Modified:

2005-06-08 12:11:10

Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum

References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Hopson 1973, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Clemens 1979

Age range: base of the Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 5.33300 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (3 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Pliocene	5.333 - 2.588	Australia (New South Wales)	S. medius (182916)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	Australia (Queensland)	S. medius (210195 210197)