Rhizophascolonus

Rhizophascolonus
Temporal range: Late Oligocene–Early Miocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Diprotodontia
Family: Vombatidae
Genus: †Rhizophascolonus
Stirton et al., 1967
Type species
Rhizophascolonus crowcrofti
Stirton et al., 1967
Other species
  • †R. ngangaba Brewer et al., 2018

Rhizophascolonus is an extinct genus of wombat known from the Early Miocene of South Australia. The genus was first described to accommodate Rhizophascolonus crowcrofti, in 1967. A discovery at Riversleigh was published as another new species in 2018, Rhizophascolonus ngangaba, and further specimens from this area were assigned to R. crowcrofti in the same study.

References

  1. ↑ Stirton, R. A.; Tedford, Richard H.; Woodburne, Michael O. (1967). "A new Tertiary formation and fauna from the Tirari Desert, South Australia". Records of the South Australian Museum. 15 (3): 427–462.
  2. ↑ Brewer, P.; Archer, M.; Hand, S. (2008). "Additional specimens of the oldest wombat, Rhizophascolonus crowcrofti (Vombatidae; Marsupialia) from the Wipajiri Formation, South Australia: an intermediate morphology?". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 28 (4): 1144–1148. doi:10.1671/0272-4634-28.4.1144.
  3. ↑ Brewer, Philippa; Archer, Michael; Hand, Suzanne; Price, Gilbert (2018). "A new species of Miocene wombat (Marsupialia, Vombatiformes) from Riversleigh, Queensland, Australia, and implications for the evolutionary history of the Vombatidae". Palaeontologia Electronica. doi:10.26879/870. hdl:10141/622528.