Vombatomorphia

Southern hairy-nosed wombat Lasiorhinus latifrons, from Blanchetown Allsorts.

Belongs within: Diprotodontia.
Contains: Diprotodontidae.

The Vombatomorphia include the living wombats (Vombatidae) and their fossil relatives. These include such diverse forms as the marsupial lions (Thylacoleonidae), the rhinoceros-like Diprotodontidae, and the large clawed herbivores of the Palorchestidae.

Vombatomorphia
    |--Thylacoleonidae [Wakaleoninae] LA02
    |    |--Priscileo Rauscher 1987 LA02
    |    |    |--*P. pitikantensis Rauscher 1987 LA02
    |    |    `--P. roskellyae Gillespie 1997 LA02
    |    `--+--Wakaleo Clemens & Plane 1974 LA02
    |       |    |--*W. vanderleueri Clemens & Plane 1974 LA02
    |       |    |--W. alcootaensis Archer & Rich 1982 LA02
    |       |    `--W. oldfieldi Clemens & Plane 1974 LA02
    |       `--Thylacoleo Gervais 1852 [Thylacoleoninae] LA02
    |            |--*T. carnifex Owen 1858 LA02
    |            |--T. crassidentatus Bartholomai 1962 LA02
    |            |--T. hilli Pledge 1977 LA02
    |            |--T. oweni McCoy 1876 F71
    |            `--T. robustus Krefft 1872 F71
    `--+--Ilariidae LA02
       |    |--Kuterintja Pledge 1987 LA02
       |    |    `--*K. ngama Pledge 1987 LA02
       |    `--Ilaria Tedford & Woodburne 1987 LA02
       |         |--*I. illumidens Tedford & Woodburne 1987 LA02
       |         `--I. lawsoni Tedford & Woodburne 1987 LA02
       |--+--Wynyardiidae LA02
       |  |    |--Muramura Pledge 1987 LA02
       |  |    |    `--*M. williamsi Pledge 1987 LA02
       |  |    |--Namilamadeta Rich & Archer 1979 LA02
       |  |    |    `--*N. snideri Rich & Archer 1979 LA02
       |  |    `--Wynyardia Spencer 1901 LA02
       |  |         `--*W. bassiana Spencer 1901 LA02
       |  `--Diprotodontoidea LA02
       |       |--Diprotodontidae LA02
       |       `--Palorchestidae LA02
       |            |--Propalorchestes Murray 1986 LA02
       |            |    |--*P. novaculacephalus Murray 1986 LA02
       |            |    `--P. ponticulus Murray 1990 LA02
       |            `--Palorchestes Owen 1873 LA02
       |                 |--*P. azael Owen 1873 LA02
       |                 |--P. anulus Black 1997 LA02
       |                 |--P. painei Woodburne 1967 LA02
       |                 |--P. parvus De Vis 1895 LA02
       |                 |--P. rephaim Ramsay 1885 F71
       |                 `--P. selestiae Mackness 1995 LA02
       `--Vombatidae [Phascolomidae, Vombatoidea] LA02
            |  i. s.: Wombatula Troughton 1941 R64
            |           `--*W. gillespiei (De Vis 1900) [=Phascolomys gillespiei] R64
            |--Rhizophascolonus Stirton, Tedford & Woodburne 1967 LA02
            |    `--*R. crowcrofti Stirton, Tedford & Woodburne 1967 LA02
            `--+--Warendja Hope & Wilkinson 1982 LA02
               |    `--*W. wakefieldi Hope & Wilkinson 1982 LA02
               `--+--Vombatus Geoffroy 1803 LA02
                  |    |--*V. ursinus (Shaw 1800) LA02
                  |    `--V. hacketti (Glauert 1910) LA02
                  `--+--Ramsayia Tate 1951 LA02
                     |    |--*R. magna (Owen 1872) LA02
                     |    `--R. lemleyi (Archer 1976) LA02
                     `--+--Lasiorhinus Gray 1863 LA02
                        |    |--*L. latifrons (Owen 1845) LA02
                        |    |    |--L. l. latifrons R64
                        |    |    `--L. l. barnardi Longman 1939 R64
                        |    |--L. angustidens (De Vis 1891) LA02
                        |    |--L. gillespiei USDI77
                        |    `--L. krefftii CB-E04
                        `--+--Phascolonus Owen 1872 LA02
                           |    `--*P. gigas (Owen 1858) LA02 [=Phascolomys (Phascolonus) gigas F71]
                           `--Phascolomys LA02
                                |--P. curvirostris Owen 1885 F71
                                |--P. medius Owen 1872 LA02
                                |--P. ursinus A14
                                `--‘Phascolomis’ vombatus Leach 1815 R64

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[A14] Anderson, W. 1914. Notes on the occurrence of the sand-rock containing bones of extinct species of marsupials (emu, kangaroo, wombat, etc.) on King Island, Bass Strait, Tasmania. Records of the Australian Museum 10 (9): 275-283.

[CB-E04] Cardillo, M., O. R. P. Bininda-Emonds, E. Boakes & A. Purvis. 2004. A species-level phylogenetic supertree of marsupials. Journal of Zoology 264: 11-31.

[F71] Fletcher, H. O. 1971. Catalogue of type specimens of fossils in the Australian Museum, Sydney. Australian Museum Memoir 13: 1-167.

[LA02] Long, J., M. Archer, T. Flannery & S. Hand. 2002. Prehistoric Mammals of Australia and New Guinea: One Hundred Million Years of Evolution. University of New South Wales Press: Sydney.

[R64] Ride, W. D. L. 1964. A list of mammals described from Australia between the years 1933 and 1963 (comprising newly proposed names and additions to the Australian faunal list). Australian Mammal Society Bulletin 7 (Suppl.): 1-15.

[USDI77] USDI (United States Department of the Interior). 1977. Endangered and threatened wildlife and plants—republication of list of species. Federal Register 42: 36420-36431.