Rhizophascolonus

Rhizophascolonus is an extinct genus of diprotodont known from the Early Miocene of South Australia.[1]

Rhizophascolonus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Diprotodontia
Family: Vombatidae
Genus: Rhizophascolonus
Stirton, Tedford & Woodburne, 1967
Species:
R. crowcrofti
Binomial name
Rhizophascolonus crowcrofti
Stirton, Tedford & Woodburne, 1967

References

  1. Additional specimens of the oldest wombat, Rhizophascolonus crowcrofti (Vombatidae; Marsupialia) from the Wipajiri Formation, South Australia: an intermediate morphology? J. Vert. Paleo. 28: 1144 (link


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