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Vombatidae (wombat)
Taxonomy
Vombatidae was named by Burnett (1829). It is extant. It was considered monophyletic by Brewer et al. (2015).
It was assigned to Diprotodonta by Marshall (1974); to Diprotodonta by Lundelius and Turnbull (1982); to Diprotodontia by Nowak (1991); to Vombatiformes by Springer et al. (1994), Munemasa et al. (2006), Brewer et al. (2015), Louys (2015) and Brewer et al. (2018); and to Vombatoidea by McKenna and Bell (1997) and Beck et al. (2020).
It was assigned to Diprotodonta by Marshall (1974); to Diprotodonta by Lundelius and Turnbull (1982); to Diprotodontia by Nowak (1991); to Vombatiformes by Springer et al. (1994), Munemasa et al. (2006), Brewer et al. (2015), Louys (2015) and Brewer et al. (2018); and to Vombatoidea by McKenna and Bell (1997) and Beck et al. (2020).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1825 | Phascolomina Gray p. 340 |
| 1829 | Vombatidae Burnett |
| 1974 | Vombatidae Marshall p. 66 |
| 1982 | Vombatidae Lundelius and Turnbull p. 2 |
| 1991 | Vombatidae Nowak |
| 1994 | Vombatidae Springer et al. p. 86 |
| 1997 | Vombatidae McKenna and Bell |
| 2006 | Vombatidae Munemasa et al. p. 189 |
| 2015 | Vombatidae Brewer et al. |
| 2015 | Vombatidae Louys |
| 2018 | Vombatidae Brewer et al. |
| 2020 | Vombatidae 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.
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