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Phascolonus

Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Vombatidae

Taxonomy
Phascolonus was named by Owen (1872). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Phascolomyidae by Lydekker (1894) and Pocock (1921); and to Vombatidae by Wells (1989), McKenna and Bell (1997), Louys (2015) and Beck et al. (2020).

Species
P. gigas, P. lemleyi
Species lacking formal opinion data
P. magnus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1872Phascolonus Owen
1894Phascolonus Lydekker p. 265
1921Phascolonus Pocock p. 606
1989Phascolonus Wells
1997Phascolonus McKenna and Bell
2015Phascolonus Louys
2020Phascolonus 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()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—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
superfamilyVombatoideaIredole and Troughton 1934
familyVombatidaeBurnett 1829
genusPhascolonusOwen 1872

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. †Phascolonus Owen 1872
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†Phascolonus gigas Owen 1859
†Phascolonus lemleyi Archer 1976
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: Nowak 1991, Clemens 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Hopson 1973, Lillegraven 1979

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

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Australia (Queensland) P. lemleyi (182159)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Australia (New South Wales) P. gigas, Ramsayia lemleyi (182916)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Australia (Victoria) P. sp. (182150)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781Australia (New South Wales) P. magnus (182843)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) P. gigas (135981)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (New South Wales) P. gigas (181761) P. sp. (182108)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) P. gigas (136730) P. sp. (194845)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) P. gigas (210195)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) P. sp. (182002)