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Lasiorhinus angustidens (de Vis, 1891)

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Phascolomys angustidens De Vis, 1891 (original combination); Lasiorhinus angustioens de Vis, 1891 (orthographic error)

 

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

 

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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.

 

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