Rhizophascolonus

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.

Rhizophascolonus
Temporal range: Late Oligocene-Early Miocene
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Diprotodontia
Family: Vombatidae
Genus: Rhizophascolonus
Stirton et al., 1967
Species
  • R. crowcrofti Stirton et al., 1967.
  • R. ngangabaBrewer et al., 2018
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