Ramsayia

Ramsayia was a genus of giant wombat, weighing around 100 kg.[1] Ramsayia went extinct in the Late Pleistocene.[2][3][4][5][6]

Ramsayia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Infraclass:
Marsupialia
Order:
Diprotodontia
Family:
Vombatidae
Genus:
Ramsayia

Tate, 1951
Species:
  • R. curvirostris (Owen, 1886)
  • R. magna
Synonyms
  • Ramasaya
  • Ramsaya
  • Ramasayia

References
  1. MacPhee, R. D. E. (1999-06-30). Extinctions in Near Time. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 9780306460920.
  2. "Megafauna". austhrutime.com. Retrieved 2017-04-20.
  3. "Anaspides.net". www.anaspides.net. Retrieved 2017-04-20.
  4. Society, Australian Mammal (1983-05-01). Australian Mammal Society. Australian Mammal Society.
  5. Long, John A.; Archer, Michael (2002-01-01). Prehistoric Mammals of Australia and New Guinea: One Hundred Million Years of Evolution. UNSW Press. ISBN 9780868404356.
  6. Talent, John A. (2012-06-28). Earth and Life: Global Biodiversity, Extinction Intervals and Biogeographic Perturbations Through Time. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 9789048134281.


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