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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
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hopson 1973, Clemens 1979, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Holocene or 20.44000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.97 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.97 Ma
Collections (59 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene | Australia (South Australia) | Rhizophascolonus crowcrofti (13313) | |
| Aquitanian - Burdigalian | Australia (Queensland) | Rhizophascolonus ngangaba (203532) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Australia (Queensland) | Nimbavombatus boodjamullensis (134948 135748) | |
| Miocene - Holocene | Australia (Victoria) | Vombatus ursinus, Lasiorhinus krefftii, Ramsayia magna (182835) | |
| Burdigalian | Australia (Queensland) | Rhizophascolonus ngangaba (203530) | |
| Tortonian | Australia (Queensland) | Warendja sp., Warendja wakefieldi (68775) | |
| Zanclean | Australia (Victoria) | Vombatidae indet. (51328 70556 70557) Vombatus sp. (70558) | |
| Zanclean | Australia (Queensland) | Phascolonus lemleyi (182159) | |
| Pliocene | Australia (New South Wales) | Lasiorhinus sp. (182842) Vombatus 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. (70576) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Australia ( New South Wales) | Lasiorhinus sp. (182621) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Australia (New South Wales) | Lasiorhinus sp. (136155) Vombatus indet. (182213) Vombatus indet., Phascolomys indet. (182211) | |
| Pleistocene | Australia (New South Wales) | Phascolonus gigas (181761) Phascolonus sp. (182108) Vombatidae indet., Phascolomys menidus, Vombatus ursinus (96019) Vombatus sp. (96015) Vombatus ursinus, Lasiorhinus krefftii (95899) Warendja wakefieldi (137621) | |
| Pleistocene | Australia (Victoria) | Vombatidae indet. (70579 70582) Vombatus ursinus, Warendja wakefieldi (136221) | |
| Pleistocene | Australia (Western Australia) | Vombatidae indet., Lasiorhinus latifrons (136225) | |
| Pleistocene | Australia (Queensland) | Phascolomys magnus (138402) Phascolomys sp. (138403 144585) | |
| Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | Lasiorhinus latifrons, Vombatus ursinus (28298) Lasiorhinus sp. (136073 136076) Phascolonus gigas (135981) Vombatidae indet., Vombatus sp. (135983) Vombatus ursinus (136159 136430) Warendja wakefieldi (136107) | |
| Quaternary | Australia (New South Wales) | Lasiorhinus krefftii (181307) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (Queensland) | Phascolonus gigas, Vombatus ursinus (136730) Phascolonus sp. (194845) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | Vombatus ursinus (136075) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (Tasmania) | Vombatus ursinus (182959) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | Lasiorhinus latifrons (181314) Phascolonus sp. (182002) Vombatus urinus (182957) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (Victoria) | Lasiorhinus latifrons, Vombatus ursinus (182939) Vombatus ursinus (197269) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial) | Australia (Victoria) | Vombatus sp. (92837) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (Queensland) | Phascolonus gigas, Sedophascolomys medius (210195) Sedophascolomys medius (210197) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Australia (South Australia) | Vombatus ursinus (136172 183085) | |
| Holocene | Australia (Western Australia) | Vombatus sp. (183094) |