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Vombatus (wombat)

RankNameAuthor
kingdomMetazoaHaeckel 1874
—EumetazoaButschli 1910
—TriploblasticaLankester 1877
—NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
—DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataBalfour 1880
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
—GnathostomataZittel 1879
—Osteichthyes(Huxley 1880)
—SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subphylumTetrapodaGoodrich 1930
superclassAmniotaHaeckel 1866
subclassEureptiliaOlson 1947
infraclassSynapsida(Osborn 1903)
orderTherapsidaBroom 1905
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia(Owen 1861)
—EpicynodontiaHopson and Kitching 2001
—EucynodontiaKemp 1982
—ProbainognathiaHopson 1990
—MammaliamorphaRowe 1988
—MammaliaformesRowe 1988
classMammaliaLinnaeus 1758
subclassTheriaParker and Haswell 1897
infraclassMetatheriaHuxley 1880
—Marsupialia(Illiger 1811)
—AustralidelphiaSzalay 1982
orderDiprotodontiaOwen 1866
suborderVombatiformes
familyVombatidaeBurnett 1829
genusVombatusSaint-Hillaire 1803

Sister genera
Lasiorhinus, Phascolonus, Ramsayia, Rhizophascolonus, Warendja

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YearName and author
1803Vombatus Saint-Hillaire
1997Vombatus McKenna and Bell
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available

Measurements
No measurements are available
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Diet: herbivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:10
Modified: 20050608101110
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Hopson 1973, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979
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Age range

Zanclean or 5.330 to 3.6 Ma

Collections

(One found)

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean5.33 - 3.6Australia (Victoria) Vombatus sp. (70558)
Images
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