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Vombatiformes

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	99551	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=99551

Rank

suborder (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Diprotodontia : Vombatiformes

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Synapsida	Osborn 1903
-	Therapsida
infraorder	Cynodontia
-	Epicynodontia	Hopson and Kitching 2001
infraorder	Eucynodontia	Kemp 1982
-	Probainognathia	Hopson 1990
-	Mammaliamorpha	Rowe 1988
-	Mammaliaformes	Rowe 1988
class	Mammalia	Linnaeus 1758
-	Theriamorpha
-	Theriiformes
-	Trechnotheria	McKenna 1975
-	Cladotheria	McKenna 1975
-	Boreosphenida
subclass	Theria	Parker and Haswell 1897
subclass	Metatheria
-	Marsupialia
-	Australidelphia	Szalay 1982
order	Diprotodontia	Owen 1866
suborder	Vombatiformes	Burnett 1830

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Vombatiformes	suborder	belongs to Diprotodontia	stated with evidence	Springer et al., 1994
Vombatiformes	suborder	belongs to Diprotodontia	stated without evidence	Black and Archer, 1997
Vombatiformes	suborder	belongs to Diprotodontia	stated with evidence	Munemasa et al., 2006
Vombatiformes	suborder	belongs to Diprotodontia	stated without evidence	Brewer et al., 2015

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

11 (19%)

First Recorded Appearance

33.9 - 23.0 Ma
Cenozoic

Environment

terrestrial (based on Mammalia)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Diet

omnivore (based on Marsupialia)

Reproduction

viviparous (based on Theria)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

M. Munemasa, M. Nikaido, and S. Donnellan, C. C. Austin, N. Okada, M. Hasegawa. 2006. Phylogenetic analysis of diprotodontian marsupials based on complete mitochondrial genomes. Genes & Genetic Systems 81(3):181-191

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Vombatomorphia infraorder	listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Ilariidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	28.4 Ma Oligocene	28.4 Ma Oligocene
Maradidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	28.4 Ma Oligocene	28.4 Ma Oligocene
Phascolarctidae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Koala	47	33.9 Ma Oligocene	0 Ma Extant
Vombatidae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Wombat	67	28.4 Ma Oligocene	0 Ma Extant

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1830	Vombatiformes Burnett
1994	Vombatiformes Springer et al. p. 86
1997	Vombatiformes Black and Archer
1999	Vombatiformes Dawson et al. p. 274
2006	Vombatiformes Munemasa et al. p. 189
2015	Vombatiformes Brewer et al.
2015	Vombatiformes Mackness et al. p. 165

References

Munemasa M., Nikaido M., et al (2006) Phylogenetic analysis of diprotodontian marsupials based on complete mitochondrial genomes, Genes & Genetic Systems 81 3, 181-191

Springer M. S. Y., Westerman M., et al (1994) Relationships among orders and families of marsupials based on 12S ribosomal DNA sequences and the timing of the marsupial radiation, Journal of Mammalian Evolution 2 2, 85-115

Black K., Archer M. (1997) Nimiokoala gen. nov. (Marsupialia, Phascolarctidae) from Riversleigh, northwestern Queensland, with a revision of Litokoala, Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 41 2, 209-228

Dawson L., Muirhead J., et al (1999) The Big Sink local fauna; a lower Pliocene mammalian fauna from the Wellington Caves complex, Wellington, New South Wales, Records of the Western Australian Museum 57, 265-290

Brewer P., Archer M., et al (2015) New genus of primitive wombat (Vombatidae, Marsupialia) from Miocene deposits in the Riversleigh World Heritage Area (Queensland, Australia), Palaeontologia Electronica 18.1.9A, 1-40

Mackness B., Black K. H., et al (2015) Occurrence of Euowenia grata (De Vis, 1887) (Diprotodontidae, Marsupialia) from the Pliocene Spring Park Local Fauna, northeastern Queensland, Alcheringa 39 2, 164-174

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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