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Suborder of marsupials
The Vombatiformes are one of the three
suborders of the large
marsupial order
Diprotodontia . Seven of the nine known
families within this suborder are extinct; only the families
Phascolarctidae , with the
koala , and
Vombatidae , with three extant species of
wombat , survive.
Among the extinct families are the
Diprotodontidae , which includes the rhinoceros sized
Diprotodon , believed to be the largest marsupials ever, as well as the "marsupial lions"
Thylacoleonidae and "marsupial tapirs"
Palorchestidae .
Classification
After
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Suborder Vombatiformes
References
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b Beck, Robin M. D.; Louys, Julien; Brewer, Philippa; Archer, Michael; Black, Karen H.; Tedford, Richard H. (2020-06-25).
"A new family of diprotodontian marsupials from the latest Oligocene of Australia and the evolution of wombats, koalas, and their relatives (Vombatiformes)" . Scientific Reports . 10 (1): 9741.
doi :
10.1038/s41598-020-66425-8 .
ISSN
2045-2322 .
PMC
7316786 .
PMID
32587406 .
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b Crichton, Arthur I.; Worthy, Trevor H.; Camens, Aaron B.; Yates, Adam M.; Couzens, Aidan M. C.; Prideaux, Gavin J. (2023-03-19).
"A new species of Mukupirna (Diprotodontia, Mukupirnidae) from the Oligocene of Central Australia sheds light on basal vombatoid interrelationships" . Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology : 1–29.
doi :
10.1080/03115518.2023.2181397 .
ISSN
0311-5518 .
^ Naish, Darren.
"Of koalas and marsupial lions: the vombatiform radiation, part I" . Scientific American . Scientific American, Inc. Retrieved 24 October 2015 .
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McKenna, Malcolm C. ; Bell, Susan K. (1997). Classification of mammals – above the species level . New York: Columbia University Press. pp. xii–631.
ISBN
9780231110129 .
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BLACK, K., March 2007. Maradidae: a new family of vombatomorphian marsupial from the late Oligocene of Riversleigh, northwestern Queensland. Alcheringa 31, 17-32.
ISSN
0311-5518
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f Black, K. (2012).
"Revision in the marsupial diprotodontid genus Neohelos: Systematics and biostratigraphy" . Acta Palaeontologica Polonica .
doi :
10.4202/app.2012.0001 .