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Vombatiformes
Taxonomy
Vombatiformes was named by Burnett (1830). It is extant. It was considered monophyletic by Brewer et al. (2015).
It was assigned to Diprotodontia by Springer et al. (1994), Black and Archer (1997), Dawson et al. (1999), Munemasa et al. (2006), Louys (2015), Mackness et al. (2015), Brewer et al. (2015), Gillespie et al. (2016), Brewer et al. (2018), Gillespie et al. (2019), Beck et al. (2020).
It was assigned to Diprotodontia by Springer et al. (1994), Black and Archer (1997), Dawson et al. (1999), Munemasa et al. (2006), Louys (2015), Mackness et al. (2015), Brewer et al. (2015), Gillespie et al. (2016), Brewer et al. (2018), Gillespie et al. (2019), Beck et al. (2020).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1830 | Vombatiformes Burnett |
1994 | Vombatiformes Springer et al. p. 86 |
1997 | Vombatiformes Black and Archer |
1999 | Vombatiformes Dawson et al. p. 274 |
2006 | Vombatiformes Munemasa et al. p. 189 |
2015 | Vombatiformes Brewer et al. |
2015 | Vombatiformes Louys |
2015 | Vombatiformes Mackness et al. p. 165 |
2016 | Vombatiformes Gillespie et al. |
2018 | Vombatiformes Brewer et al. |
2019 | Vombatiformes Gillespie et al. |
2020 | Vombatiformes 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.
Subor. Vombatiformes Burnett 1830
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Fm. †Ilariidae Tedford and Woodburne 1987
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G. †Ilaria Tedford and Woodburne 1987
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†Ilaria illumidens Tedford and Woodburne 1987
†Ilaria lawsoni Tedford and Woodburne 1987
Fm. Phascolarctidae Owen 1839 [koala]
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G. †Litokoala Stirton et al. 1967
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†Litokoala dicktedfordi Pledge 2010
†Litokoala garyjohnstoni Louys et al. 2007
†Litokoala kanunkaensis Springer 1987
†Litokoala kutjamarpensis Stirton et al. 1967
†Litokoala thurmerae Pledge 2010
G. †Madakoala Woodburne et al. 1987
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†Madakoala devisi Woodburne et al. 1987
†Madakoala wellsi Woodburne et al. 1987
G. †Perikoala Stirton 1957
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†Perikoala palankarinnica Stirton 1957
†Perikoala robustus Woodburne et al. 1987
G. Phascolarctos de Blainville 1816 [koala]
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Phascolarctos cinereus Goldfuss 1817 [koala]
†Phascolarctos maris Pledge 1987
†Phascolarctos stirtoni Bartholomai 1968
Fm. †Thylacoleonidae Gill 1872
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G. †Thylacoleo Owen 1852
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†Thylacoleo carnifex Owen 1859
†Thylacoleo crassidentatus Bartholomai 1962
†Thylacoleo hilli Pledge 1977
G. †Wakaleo Clemens and Plane 1974
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†Wakaleo alcootaensis Archer and Rich 1982
†Wakaleo oldfieldi Clemens and Plane 1974
†Wakaleo pitikantensis Rauscher 1987
†Wakaleo schouteni Gillespie et al. 2019
†Wakaleo vanderleueri Clemens and Plane 1974
Infraor. Vombatomorphia Alpin and Archer 1987
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Superfm. †Diprotodontoidea Owen 1866
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Fm. †Diprotodontidae Gill 1872
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G. †Brachalletes De Vis 1883
G. †Diprotodon Owen 1838
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†Diprotodon optatum Owen 1838
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Invalid names: Diprotodon annextans McCoy 1861 [synonym], Diprotodon australis Owen 1844 [synonym], Diprotodon bennettii Krefft 1873 [synonym], Diprotodon loderi Krefft 1873 [synonym], Diprotodon longiceps McCoy 1865 [synonym], Diprotodon minor Huxley 1862 [synonym]
G. †Euryzygoma Longman 1921
G. †Koalemus De Vis 1889
G. †Kolopsis Woodburne 1967
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†Kolopsis rotundus Plane 1967
†Kolopsis torus Woodburne 1967
†Kolopsis yperus Murray et al. 1993
G. †Meniscolophus Stirton 1955
G. †Nototherium Owen 1845
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†Nototherium dunense De Vis 1888
†Nototherium mitchelli Owen 1845
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Invalid names: Nototherium inerme Owen 1845 [synonym], Nototherium victoriae Owen 1872 [synonym]
†Nototherium tasmanicus Scott 1911
†Nototherium victoriae Owen 1872
†Nototherium watutense Anderson 1937
G. †Plaisiodon Woodburne 1967
G. †Sthenmerus De Vis 1883
Subfm. †Zygomaturinae Stirton et al. 1967
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G. †Kukaodonta Mackness 2010
G. †Maokopia Flannery 1992
G. †Neohelos Stirton 1967
G. †Nimbadon Hand et al. 1993
G. †Zygomaturus Owen 1858
Invalid names: Chronozoon De Vis 1883 [nomen dubium], Diprotodontinae Archer 1997 [empty]
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]
Fm. †Wynyardiidae Osgood 1921
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G. †Namilamadeta Rich and Archer 1979
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†Namilamadeta albivenator Pledge 2005
†Namilamadeta snideri Rich and Archer 1979
†Namilamadeta snideri Rich and Archer 1979
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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References: Hopson 1973, Carroll 1988, Clemens 1979, Lillegraven 1979, Kiessling 2004 |
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 (200 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Oligocene | Australia (Tasmania) | Wynyardia bassiana (182908) | |
Oligocene | Australia (South Australia) | Perikoala robusta, Raemeotherium sp., Muramura williamsi (182109) | |
Chattian | Australia (Queensland) | Marada arcanum, Ngapakaldia bonythoni (134945) Ngapakaldia bonythoni (135706) | |
Chattian | Australia (Victoria) | Diprotodontidae indet. (46166) | |
Late/Upper Oligocene | Australia (Northern Territory) | Diprotodontidae indet., Muramura williamsi, Ilariidae indet. (182619) | |
Late/Upper Oligocene | Australia (Queensland) | Nimbadon scottorrorum (137792) | |
Late/Upper Oligocene | Australia (South Australia) | Ilaria illumidens (137258) Ilaria lawsoni (28194 137259) Ilaria sp. (51413) Kuterintja ngama (182620) Litokoala kanunkaensis (136791 137257) Litokoala thurmerae (28306) Madakoala devisi, Madakoala wellsi, Raemeotherium yatkolai (45652) Mukupirna nambensis (183466) Muramura pinpensis (136796) Muramura sp., Madakoala devisi, Ilariidae indet., Ilaria illumidens, Raemeotherium yatkolai (51412) Muramura williamsi (28418) Namilamadeta snideri (28308) Ngapakaldia bonythoni (136799) Ngapakaldia tedfordi (181995) Perikoala robustus (137260 137262) Phascolarctidae indet., Perikoala sp., Diprotodontidae indet. (182913) Priscileo pitikantensis (137261) | |
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene | Australia (South Australia) | Wakaleo oldfieldi, Litokoala kutjamarpensis, Rhizophascolonus crowcrofti (13313) | |
Late/Upper Oligocene - Late/Upper Miocene | Australia (Queensland) | Litokoala dicktedfordi (135742) | |
Aquitanian | Australia (Tasmania) | Wynyardia bassiana (28307) | |
Aquitanian - Burdigalian | Australia (Queensland) | Litokoala garyjohnstoni (106497) Litokoala sp., Namilamadeta sp., Wakaleo sp., Neohelos tirarensis (183096) Nimiokoala greystanesi, Rhizophascolonus ngangaba (203532) | |
Early/Lower Miocene | Australia (Tasmania) | Palorchestes azael (181316) | |
Early/Lower Miocene | Australia (Queensland) | Nimbavombatus boodjamullensis (134948) Nimiokoala greystanesi (117979 136804 203529 203531) Priscakoala lucyturnbullae, Nimbavombatus boodjamullensis (135748) | |
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene | Australia (Victoria) | Diprotodontidae indet. (51330) | |
Miocene - Pliocene | Australia (New South Wales) | Diprotodon opatum (183097) | |
Miocene - Holocene | Australia (Victoria) | Thylacoleo carnifex, Vombatus ursinus, Lasiorhinus krefftii, Ramsayia magna, Diprotodon optatum (182835) | |
Burdigalian | Australia (Queensland) | Nimiokoala greystanesi, Microleo attenboroughi (135708) Nimiokoala greystanesi, Rhizophascolonus ngangaba (203530) Priscakoala lucyturnbullae, Ngapakaldia bonythoni (134946) | |
Langhian - Serravallian | Australia (Queensland) | Wakaleo oldfieldi (154250 175732) Wakaleo oldfieldi, Nimbadon lavarackorum (137790) | |
Middle Miocene | Australia (Northern Territory) | Nimbadon whitelawi (137791) Propalorchestes sp. (236492) Wakaleo vanderleueri (137618) | |
Middle Miocene | Australia (South Australia) | Neohelos tirarensis (182036) | |
Middle Miocene | Australia (Queensland) | Bematherium sp., Zygomaturinae indet. (182955) Nimbadon lavarackorum (53951) Wakaleo oldfieldi (175729 175731) | |
Tortonian | Australia (Queensland) | Neohelos sp., Palorchestes sp., Warendja sp., Wakaleo vanderleuri, Warendja wakefieldi, Palorchestes anulus (68775) Palorchestes anulus (182096) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | Australia (Victoria) | Diprotodontidae indet. (182910) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | Australia (Queensland) | Wakaleo vanderleueri (175733) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | Australia (Northern Territory) | Kolopsis yperus (135707) Wakaleo alacootaensis (135762) | |
Messinian | Australia (Victoria) | Kolopsis torus, Zygomaturus gilli (46167) | |
Messinian - Piacenzian | Australia (South Australia) | Zygomaturus sp., Phascolarctos maris (50343) | |
Early/Lower Pliocene | Australia (South Australia) | Diprotodontidae indet., Meniscolophus sp. (182915) | |
Early/Lower Pliocene | Australia (New South Wales) | Thylacoleo crassidentatus (181610) | |
Early/Lower Pliocene | Australia (Queensland) | Diprotodon sp., Euowenia grata (13318) Euowenia grata (183264) Phascolarctidae indet., Phascolarctos stirtoni (136787) | |
Zanclean | Australia (South Australia) | Euowenia grata (136514) | |
Zanclean | Australia (Queensland) | Thylacoleo sp., Koobor jimbarratti, Diprotodontidae indet., Euryzygoma sp., Zygomaturus sp., Phascolonus lemleyi (182159) | |
Zanclean | Australia (Victoria) | Vombatidae indet. (70557) Vombatidae indet., Diprotodontidae indet., Palorchestidae indet. (70556) Vombatidae indet., Diprotodontidae indet., Palorchestidae indet., Palorchestes sp., Zygomaturinae indet. (51328) Vombatus sp. (70558) Zygomaturus sp., Diprotodontoidea indet. (70559) | |
Pliocene | Australia (Queensland) | Diprotodontidae indet. (138404) Euowenia grata (183100) | |
Pliocene | Australia (New South Wales) | Euowenia grata (135663) Lasiorhinus sp., Diprotodon sp. (182842) Vombatus sp., Euryzygoma dunense, Euowenia sp., Palorchestes sp., Phascolonus gigas, Vombatus mitchelli, Sedophascolomys medius, Ramsayia lemleyi (182916) Zygomaturus sp., Palorchestes sp., Thylacoleo carnifex (95862) | |
Zanclean - Piacenzian | Australia (Victoria) | Vombatidae indet., Diprotodontidae indet., Zygomaturus sp. (70572) | |
Early/Lower Pliocene - Pleistocene | Australia (New South Wales) | Diprotodon australis, Diprotodon optatum (136725) | |
Pliocene - Pleistocene | Australia (Queensland) | Diprotodon sp. (135917) Kukaodonta robusta (135668) | |
Pliocene - Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | Diprotodon optatum (181784) | |
Pliocene - Pleistocene | Papua New Guinea (Morobe) | Nototherium watutense (137781) | |
Pliocene - Quaternary | New Caledonia | Zygomaturus diahotensis (137793) | |
Late/Upper Pliocene | Australia (Victoria) | Phascolonus sp., Zygomaturus sp. (182150) | |
Late/Upper Pliocene | Papua New Guinea (Morobe) | Kolopsis rotundus, Kolopsoides cultridens (36266) | |
Piacenzian | Australia (Victoria) | Diprotodontidae indet. (70578) | |
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene | Australia (Victoria) | Zygomaturus sp. (182151) | |
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene | Australia (New South Wales) | Thylacoleo sp., Phascolonus magnus, Diprotodontidae indet. (182843) | |
Piacenzian - Calabrian | Australia (Victoria) | Thylacoleonidae indet., Phascolarctidae indet., Vombatidae indet., Diprotodontidae indet., Palorchestidae indet. (70576) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | Australia ( New South Wales) | Lasiorhinus sp., Zygomaturus sp., Thylacoleo carnifex, Thylacoleo crassidentatus, Phascolarctos stirtoni, Diprotodon optatum, Palorchestes parvus, Palorchestes pickeringi, Thylacoleo hilli (182621) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | Australia (New South Wales) | Lasiorhinus sp., Diprotodon sp. (136155) Palorchestes parvus (236493) Thylacoleo indet., Vombatus indet. (182213) Vombatus indet., Phascolomys indet. (182211) | |
Pleistocene | Australia (New South Wales) | Diprotodon bennettii (137655) Diprotodon indet. (182965) Diprotodon loderi (137654) Diprotodon sp. (137625 137627 137647 137648 137649 137650 137651) Phascolarctos sp., Vombatus sp., Diprotodon sp., Thylacoleo carnifex (96015) Thylacoleo carnifex, Lasiorhinus krefftii (95899) Thylacoleo carnifex, Nototherium mitchelli, Phascolonus gigas, Diprotodon optatum (181761) Thylacoleo sp., Phascolonus sp., Diprotodontidae indet. (182108) Vombatidae indet., Palorchestes azeal, Phascolomys menidus, Thylacoleo carnifex, Zygomaturus trilobus, Diprotodon optatum (96019) Warendja wakefieldi (137621) | |
Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | Diprotodon sp. (136151 136765 137629 137630 182820) Diprotodon sp., Phascolonus gigas (135981) Lasiorhinus sp., Palorchestes azael, Thylacoleo carnifex (136073) Lasiorhinus sp., Thylacoleo carnifex, Phascolarctos cinereus, Zygomaturus trilobus, Diprotodon optatum (136076) Phascolarctos sp., Thylacoleo carnifex, Vombatus ursinus, Zygomaturus trilobus (136159) Thylacoleo carnifex (136069) Thylacoleo carnifex, Lasiorhinus latifrons, Phascolarctos cinereus, Vombatus ursinus, Zygomaturus trilobus, Diprotodon optatum (28298) Thylacoleo carnifex, Phascolarctos cinereus, Vombatus ursinus (136430) Thylacoleo carnifex, Zygomaturus trilobus (181305) Vombatidae indet., Vombatus sp., Diprotodontidae indet., Phascolarctos cinereus, Palorchestes painei, Thylacoleo hilli (135983) Warendja wakefieldi (136107) | |
Pleistocene | Australia (Victoria) | Diprotodon annextans, Diprotodon longiceps (137628) Diprotodon sp. (70581 136735 137634 137635) Palorchestes azael, Palorchestes parvus (136474) Phascolarctos sp., Thylacoleo carnifex, Vombatus ursinus, Warendja wakefieldi (136221) Thylacoleo carnifex, Diprotodon optatum, Diprotodon longiceps (70580) Thylacoleonidae indet., Phascolarctidae indet., Vombatidae indet., Diprotodontidae indet., Palorchestidae indet., Palorchestes sp. (70579) Vombatidae indet., Diprotodontidae indet., Diprotodon sp., Diprotodon longiceps (70582) | |
Pleistocene | Australia (Western Australia) | Vombatidae indet., Lasiorhinus latifrons, Phascolarctos cinereus (136225) | |
Pleistocene | Australia (Queensland) | Diprotodon sp. (135912 136724 137631 137632 137633 137636 137637 137639 137640 137642 137643 137644 137646) Euryzygoma dunense (138401) Euryzygoma dunense, Diprotodon australis (188748) Palorchestes azael (144179) Phascolarctos sp. (136790) Phascolomys magnus (138402) Phascolomys sp., Thylacoleo carnifex, Diprotodon australis (138403) | |
Pleistocene | Papua New Guinea (Irian Jaya) | Maokopia ronaldi (137789) Zygomaturus nimborensis (137787) | |
Pleistocene | Papua New Guinea | Nototherium watutense (182923) | |
Quaternary | Australia (New South Wales) | Lasiorhinus krefftii, Diprotodon optatum (181307) | |
Chibanian | Australia (Queensland) | Palorchestes sp., Phascolomys sp. (144585) | |
Middle Pleistocene | Australia (Queensland) | Invictokoala monticola (136792) | |
Middle Pleistocene | Australia (Victoria) | Thylacoleo carnifex (182166) | |
Middle Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | Diprotodon sp. (182110) | |
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (Queensland) | Diprotodon sp. (136726) Diprotodontidae indet., Palorchestidae indet. (183080) Palorchestes azael, Thylacoleo carnifex, Nototherium inerme, Phascolonus gigas, Vombatus ursinus, Phascolarctos stirtoni, Zygomaturinae indet., Palorchestes parvus (136730) Phascolonus sp., Euowenia sp., Diprotodon optatum (194845) | |
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | Thylacoleo carnifex, Phascolarctos cinereus (136074) Thylacoleo carnifex, Phascolarctos cinereus, Vombatus ursinus, Zygomaturus trilobus (136075) | |
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (New South Wales) | Diprotodon sp. (136515) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial) | Australia (Victoria) | Diprotodon sp. (92836) Vombatus sp. (92837) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (Tasmania) | Palorchestes azael, Zygomaturus trilobus (182960) Vombatus ursinus (182959) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (Victoria) | Diprotodon sp. (137624 137626) Diprotodon sp., Palorchestes azael, Thylacoleo carnifex, Zygomaturus trilobus (182001) Diprotodontidae indet., Thylacoleo carnifex, Vombatus ursinus, Zygomaturus trilobus (197269) Palorchestes azael (236496) Thylacoleo carnifex, Lasiorhinus latifrons, Phascolarctos cinereus, Vombatus ursinus (182939) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (Queensland) | Diprotodon optatum, Sedophascolomys medius (210197) Diprotodon optatum, Varanidae indet. (143748) Diprotodon optatus (95863) Diprotodon sp. (28422) Thylacoleo sp., Palorchestes sp. nov?, Phascolonus gigas, Diprotodon optatum, Sedophascolomys medius (210195) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | Lasiorhinus latifrons (181314) Thylacoleonidae indet., Phascolonus sp., Diprotodontidae indet. (182002) Vombatus urinus, Thylacoleo carnifex, Phascolarctos cinereus, Zygomaturus trilobus (182957) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Australia (Queensland) | Diprotodon sp. (137623) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Australia (South Australia) | Thylacoleo carnifex, Phascolarctos cinereus, Vombatus ursinus, Zygomaturus trilobus (136172) Vombatus ursinus (183085) | |
Holocene | Australia (New South Wales) | Vombatus ursinus (235090) | |
Holocene | Australia (Western Australia) | Phascolarctos sp., Vombatus sp. (183094) |