Lasiorhinus angustidens (de Vis, 1891)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Originally described as Phascolomys angustidens, it was transferred to the genus Lasiorhinus by (Dawson, 1983).
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: Late Pleistocene
Distribution
Darling Downs (eastern), Queensland, Australia
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
de Vis, C.W. (1891). Remarks on post-Tertiary Phascolomyidae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales (2) 6: 235-246.
Other references:
Dawson, Lyndall. (1983a). The taxonomic status of small fossil wombats (Vombatidae: Marsupialia) from Quaternary deposits, and of related modern wombats. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 107: 101-123.
Dawson, Lyndall. (1983b). On the uncertain generic status and phylogenetic relationships of the large extinct vombatid species Phascolomys medius Owen, 1872 (Marsupialia: Vombatidae). Australian Mammalogy 6(1): 5-13.
Mahoney, J. A. and Ride, W. D. L. (1975). Index to the genera and species of fossil Mammalia described from Australia and New Guinea between 1838 and 1968. Western Australian Museum Special Publication 6: 1-250.
Molnar, R. E. and Kurz, C. (1997). The distribution of Pleistocene vertebrates on the eastern Darling Downs, based on the Queensland Museum collections. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales [b]117[/b]:107-134.