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Vombatomorphia

Mammalia - Diprotodontia

Taxonomy
Vombatomorphia was named by Alpin and Archer (1987). It is extant.

It was assigned to Vombatiformes by Mackness et al. (2015) and Beck et al. (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Vombatomorphia Alpin and Archer
2015Vombatomorphia Mackness et al. p. 165
2020Vombatomorphia Beck et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
—Marsupialiformes
—Marsupialia()
—AustralidelphiaSzalay 1982
orderDiprotodontiaOwen 1866
suborderVombatiformesBurnett 1830
infraorderVombatomorphiaAlpin and Archer 1987
infraorderVombatomorphiaAlpin and Archer 1987

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.

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. †Bematherium Tedford 1967
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†Bematherium angulum Tedford 1967
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. †Euowenia De Vis 1891
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†Euowenia grata De Vis 1891
†Euowenia robusta De Vis 1892
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. †Kolopsoides Plane 1967
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†Kolopsoides cultridens Plane 1967
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. †Pyramios Woodburne 1967
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†Pyramios alcootense Woodburne 1967
G. †Raemeotherium Rich et al. 1978
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†Raemeotherium yatkolai Rich et al. 1978
G. †Sthenmerus De Vis 1883
Subfm. †Zygomaturinae Stirton et al. 1967
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G. †Kukaodonta Mackness 2010
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†Kukaodonta robusta Mackness 2010
G. †Maokopia Flannery 1992
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†Maokopia ronaldi Flannery 1992
G. †Neohelos Stirton 1967
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†Neohelos davidridei Black et al. 2013
†Neohelos solus Black et al. 2013
†Neohelos stirtoni Murray et al. 2000
†Neohelos tirarensis Stirton 1967
G. †Nimbadon Hand et al. 1993
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†Nimbadon lavarackorum Hand et al. 1993
†Nimbadon scottorrorum Hand et al. 1993
†Nimbadon whitelawi Hand et al. 1993
G. †Zygomaturus Owen 1858
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†Zygomaturus diahotensis Guerin et al. 1981
†Zygomaturus gilli Stirton 1967
†Zygomaturus keanei Stirton 1967
†Zygomaturus nimborensis Hardjasasmita 1985
†Zygomaturus trilobus Macleay 1857
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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G. †Mukupirna Beck et al. 2020
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†Mukupirna nambensis Beck et al. 2020
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 selestiae Mackness 1995
G. †Pitikantia Stirton 1967
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†Pitikantia dailyi Stirton 1967
G. †Propalorchestes Murray 1986
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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. †Nimbavombatus Brewer et al. 2015
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†Nimbavombatus boodjamullensis Brewer et al. 2015
G. †Phascolomys Illiger 1811
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†Phascolomys medius Owen 1872
†Phascolomys pliocenus McCoy 1874
G. †Phascolonus Owen 1872
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†Phascolonus gigas Owen 1859
†Phascolonus lemleyi Archer 1976
G. †Ramsayia Tate 1951
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†Ramsayia magna Owen 1872
G. †Rhizophascolonus Stirton et al. 1967
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†Rhizophascolonus crowcrofti Stirton et al. 1967
†Rhizophascolonus ngangaba Brewer et al. 2018
G. †Sedophascolomys Louys 2015
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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. †Muramura Pledge 1987
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†Muramura pinpensis Pledge 2003
†Muramura williamsi Pledge 1987
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
G. †Wynyardia Spencer 1901
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†Wynyardia bassiana Spencer 1901
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-07 09:16:13
Modified: 2011-04-27 20:22:07
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Hopson 1973, Carroll 1988, Clemens 1979, Lillegraven 1979

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Chattian to the top of the Holocene or 28.10000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.03 Ma

Collections (163 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Australia (South Australia) Raemeotherium sp., Muramura williamsi (182109)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Australia (Tasmania) Wynyardia bassiana (182908)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Australia (Northern Territory) Diprotodontidae indet., Muramura williamsi (182619)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Australia (South Australia) Diprotodontidae indet. (182913) Mukupirna nambensis (183466) Muramura pinpensis (136796) Muramura sp., Raemeotherium yatkolai (51412) Muramura williamsi (28418) Namilamadeta snideri (28308) Ngapakaldia bonythoni (136799) Ngapakaldia tedfordi (181995) Raemeotherium yatkolai (45652)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Australia (Queensland) Nimbadon scottorrorum (137792)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene28.4 - 15.97Australia (South Australia) Rhizophascolonus crowcrofti (13313)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Australia (Queensland) Ngapakaldia bonythoni (134945 135706)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Australia (Victoria) Diprotodontidae indet. (46166)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Australia (Tasmania) Wynyardia bassiana (28307)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.03 - 15.97Australia (Queensland) Namilamadeta sp., Neohelos tirarensis (183096) Rhizophascolonus ngangaba (203532)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Australia (Queensland) Nimbavombatus boodjamullensis (134948 135748)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Australia (Tasmania) Palorchestes azael (181316)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608Australia (Victoria) Diprotodontidae indet. (51330)
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588Australia (New South Wales) Diprotodon opatum (183097)
Miocene - Holocene23.03 - 0.0Australia (Victoria) Vombatus ursinus, Lasiorhinus krefftii, Ramsayia magna, Diprotodon optatum (182835)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Australia (Queensland) Ngapakaldia bonythoni (134946) Rhizophascolonus ngangaba (203530)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Australia (Queensland) Nimbadon lavarackorum (137790)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Australia (Northern Territory) Nimbadon whitelawi (137791)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Australia (Queensland) Bematherium sp., Zygomaturinae indet. (182955) Nimbadon lavarackorum (53951)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Australia (South Australia) Neohelos tirarensis (182036)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Australia (Queensland) Neohelos sp., Palorchestes sp., Warendja sp., Warendja wakefieldi, Palorchestes anulus (68775) Palorchestes anulus (182096)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Australia (Victoria) Diprotodontidae indet. (182910)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Australia (Northern Territory) Kolopsis yperus (135707)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Australia (Victoria) Kolopsis torus, Zygomaturus gilli (46167)
Messinian - Piacenzian7.246 - 2.588Australia (South Australia) Zygomaturus sp. (50343)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Australia (South Australia) Diprotodontidae indet., Meniscolophus sp. (182915)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Australia (Queensland) Diprotodon sp., Euowenia grata (13318) Euowenia grata (183264)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Australia (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)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Australia (Queensland) Diprotodontidae indet., Euryzygoma sp., Zygomaturus sp., Phascolonus lemleyi (182159)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Australia (South Australia) Euowenia grata (136514)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Australia (Queensland) Diprotodontidae indet. (138404) Euowenia grata (183100)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Australia (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. (95862)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.588Australia (Victoria) Vombatidae indet., Diprotodontidae indet., Zygomaturus sp. (70572)
Early/Lower Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Australia (New South Wales) Diprotodon australis, Diprotodon optatum (136725)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) Diprotodon sp. (135917) Kukaodonta robusta (135668)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) Diprotodon optatum (181784)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Papua New Guinea (Morobe) Nototherium watutense (137781)
Pliocene - Quaternary5.333 - 0.0New Caledonia Zygomaturus diahotensis (137793)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Papua New Guinea (Morobe) Kolopsis rotundus, Kolopsoides cultridens (36266)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Australia (Victoria) Phascolonus sp., Zygomaturus sp. (182150)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Australia (Victoria) Diprotodontidae indet. (70578)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781Australia (New South Wales) Phascolonus magnus, Diprotodontidae indet. (182843)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781Australia (Victoria) Zygomaturus sp. (182151)
Piacenzian - Calabrian3.6 - 0.774Australia (Victoria) Vombatidae indet., Diprotodontidae indet., Palorchestidae indet. (70576)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Australia (New South Wales) Lasiorhinus sp., Diprotodon sp. (136155) Vombatus indet. (182213) Vombatus indet., Phascolomys indet. (182211)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Australia ( New South Wales) Lasiorhinus sp., Zygomaturus sp., Diprotodon optatum, Palorchestes parvus, Palorchestes pickeringi (182621)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Papua New Guinea Nototherium watutense (182923)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (Western Australia) Vombatidae indet., Lasiorhinus latifrons (136225)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) Diprotodon sp. (136151 136765 137629 137630 182820) Diprotodon sp., Phascolonus gigas (135981) Lasiorhinus latifrons, Vombatus ursinus, Zygomaturus trilobus, Diprotodon optatum (28298) Lasiorhinus sp., Palorchestes azael (136073) Lasiorhinus sp., Zygomaturus trilobus, Diprotodon optatum (136076) Vombatidae indet., Vombatus sp., Diprotodontidae indet., Palorchestes painei (135983) Vombatus ursinus (136430) Vombatus ursinus, Zygomaturus trilobus (136159) Warendja wakefieldi (136107) Zygomaturus trilobus (181305)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (Victoria) Diprotodon annextans, Diprotodon longiceps (137628) Diprotodon optatum, Diprotodon longiceps (70580) Diprotodon sp. (70581 136735 137634 137635) Vombatidae indet., Diprotodontidae indet., Diprotodon sp., Diprotodon longiceps (70582) Vombatidae indet., Diprotodontidae indet., Palorchestidae indet., Palorchestes sp. (70579) Vombatus ursinus, Warendja wakefieldi (136221)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Papua New Guinea (Irian Jaya) Maokopia ronaldi (137789) Zygomaturus nimborensis (137787)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (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) Palorchestes sp., Phascolomys sp. (144585) Phascolomys magnus (138402) Phascolomys sp., Diprotodon australis (138403)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (New South Wales) Diprotodon bennettii (137655) Diprotodon indet. (182965) Diprotodon loderi (137654) Diprotodon sp. (137625 137627 137647 137648 137649 137650 137651) Nototherium mitchelli, Phascolonus gigas, Diprotodon optatum (181761) Phascolonus sp., Diprotodontidae indet. (182108) Vombatidae indet., Palorchestes azeal, Phascolomys menidus, Vombatus ursinus, Zygomaturus trilobus, Diprotodon optatum (96019) Vombatus sp., Diprotodon sp. (96015) Vombatus ursinus, Lasiorhinus krefftii (95899) Warendja wakefieldi (137621)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0Australia (New South Wales) Lasiorhinus krefftii, Diprotodon optatum (181307)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Australia (South Australia) Diprotodon sp. (182110)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Australia (New South Wales) Diprotodon sp. (136515)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) Diprotodon sp. (136726) Diprotodontidae indet., Palorchestidae indet. (183080) Palorchestes azael, Nototherium inerme, Phascolonus gigas, Vombatus ursinus, Zygomaturinae indet., Palorchestes parvus (136730) Phascolonus sp., Euowenia sp., Diprotodon optatum (194845)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) Vombatus ursinus, Zygomaturus trilobus (136075)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Victoria) Diprotodon sp. (137624 137626) Diprotodon sp., Palorchestes azael, Zygomaturus trilobus (182001) Diprotodontidae indet., Vombatus ursinus, Zygomaturus trilobus (197269) Lasiorhinus latifrons, Vombatus ursinus (182939)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Tasmania) Palorchestes azael, Zygomaturus trilobus (182960) Vombatus ursinus (182959)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) Lasiorhinus latifrons (181314) Phascolonus sp., Diprotodontidae indet. (182002) Vombatus urinus, Zygomaturus trilobus (182957)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Victoria) Diprotodon sp. (92836) Vombatus sp. (92837)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) Diprotodon optatum, Sedophascolomys medius (210197) Diprotodon optatum, Varanidae indet. (143748) Diprotodon optatus (95863) Diprotodon sp. (28422) Palorchestes sp. nov?, Phascolonus gigas, Diprotodon optatum, Sedophascolomys medius (210195)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) Diprotodon sp. (137623)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Australia (South Australia) Vombatus ursinus (183085) Vombatus ursinus, Zygomaturus trilobus (136172)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Western Australia) Vombatus sp. (183094)