Phascolomys parvus Owen, 1872
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Invalid (synonym of Vombatus ursinus) (Dawson, 1983)
Last record: Pleistocene
Distribution
eastern Australia
Anatomy & Morphology
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
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: 399-418.