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
- 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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