Rhizophascolonus Explained

Rhizophascolonus is an extinct genus of wombat known from the Early Miocene of South Australia.[1] 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.[2]

Notes and 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
  2. Brewer . Philippa . Archer . Michael . Hand . Suzanne . Price . Gilbert . Philippa Brewer . Mike Archer (paleontologist) . Suzanne Hand . A new species of Miocene wombat (Marsupialia, Vombatiformes) from Riversleigh, Queensland, Australia, and implications for the evolutionary history of the Vombatidae . Palaeontologia Electronica . 2018 . 10.26879/870. free . 10141/622528 . free .

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