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Vombatus (common wombat)

Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Vombatidae

Synonyms
  • Opossum was named by Perry (1810). It is extant.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Vombatus by Wells (1989).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1803Vombatus Saint-Hillaire
1810Opossum Perry
1974Vombatus Marshall p. 66
1989Vombatus Wells
1994Vombatus Springer et al. p. 86
1997Vombatus McKenna and Bell
2015Vombatus Louys
2020Vombatus 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
genusVombatusSaint-Hillaire 1803

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. 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]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingg
Diet: herbivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2012-05-15 14:32:58
Modified: 2012-05-14 23:32:58
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hopson 1973, Hendy et al. 2009, Bassarova et al. 2009, Clemens 1979, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 3.6 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene - Holocene23.03 - 0.0Australia (Victoria) Vombatus ursinus (182835)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Australia (Victoria) Vombatus sp. (70558)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Australia (New South Wales) Vombatus sp., Vombatus mitchelli (182916)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Australia (New South Wales) Vombatus indet. (182211 182213)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (New South Wales) Vombatus sp. (96015) Vombatus ursinus (95899 96019)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (Victoria) Vombatus ursinus (136221)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) Vombatus sp. (135983) Vombatus ursinus (28298 136159 136430)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.781 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) Vombatus ursinus (136730)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.781 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) Vombatus ursinus (136075)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.126 - 0.0117Australia (Victoria) Vombatus sp. (92837)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Australia (Victoria) Vombatus ursinus (182939 197269)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) Vombatus urinus (182957)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Australia (Tasmania) Vombatus ursinus (182959)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.126 - 0.0Australia (South Australia) Vombatus ursinus (136172 183085)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Western Australia) Vombatus sp. (183094)