Phascolomys parvus Owen, 1872
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Invalid (synonym of Vombatus ursinus platyrhinus) (Dawson, 1983; Travouillon et al., 2024, 2025)
Last record: Pleistocene
Distribution & Habitat
eastern Australia
Anatomy & Morphology
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Owen, Richard. (1872). On the fossil mammals of Australia. Pr. VI. Genus Phascolomys, Geoffr. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society 172: 173-196.
Other references:
Dawson, L. (1983). 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.
Merrilees, Duncan. (1967). Cranial and mandibular characteristics of modern mainland wombats (Marsupialia : Vombatidae) from a palaeontological view point, and their bearing on the fossils called Phascolomys parvus by Owen (1872). Records of the South Australian Museum 15: 398-418.
Travouillon, Kenny J., Jackson, Stephen, Beck, Robin M. D., Louys, Julien, Cramb, Jonathan, Gillespie, Anna, Black, Karen, Hand, Suzanne, Archer, Michael, Kear, Benjamin, Hocknull, Scott, Phillips, Matthew, McDowell, Matthew, Fitzgerald, Erich M. G., Brewer, Phillipa and Price, Gilbert J. (2024). Checklist of the Fossil Mammal Species of Australia and New Guinea. Available from: https://www.australasianpalaeontologists.com/national-fossil-species-lists [Accessed 24 November 2024]
Travouillon, Kenny J., Jackson, Stephen, Beck, Robin M. D., Louys, Julien, Cramb, Jonathan, Gillespie, Anna, Black, Karen, Hand, Suzanne, Archer, Michael, Kear, Benjamin, Hocknull, Scott, Phillips, Matthew, McDowell, Matthew, Fitzgerald, Erich M. G., Brewer, Phillipa and Price, Gilbert J. (2025). Checklist of the Fossil Mammal Species of Australia and New Guinea. Available from: https://www.australasianpalaeontologists.com/national-fossil-species-lists [Accessed 24 November 2024]