Biology:Sedophascolomys
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Short description: Extinct genus of wombat
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Diprotodontia |
| Family: | Vombatidae |
| Genus: | †Sedophascolomys Louys, 2015 |
| Type species | |
| †Sedophascolomys medius (Owen, 1872)
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Sedophascolomys is an extinct genus of wombat known from the Pliocene and Pleistocene of Australia. There is a single recognised species, S. medius, which was formerly placed in the invalid genus Phascolomys.[1] It was found in the northeastern and eastern regions of the continent.[2] It is estimated to be somewhat larger than extant wombats, with a body mass of 70-75 kilograms.[3] The youngest remains of the genus date to the Late Pleistocene, around 50-40,000 years ago.[4] It is thought to be closely related to the giant wombat genera Phascolonus and Ramsayia.[3]
References
- ↑ Louys, Julien (2015-07-03). "Wombats (Vombatidae: Marsupialia) from the Pliocene Chinchilla Sand, southeast Queensland, Australia" (in en). Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology 39 (3): 394–406. doi:10.1080/03115518.2015.1014737. ISSN 0311-5518.
- ↑ Dawson, Lyndall (January 2006). "An ecophysiological approach to the extinction of large marsupial herbivores in middle and late Pleistocene Australia" (in en). Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology 30 (supl 1): 89–114. doi:10.1080/03115510609506857. ISSN 0311-5518.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Louys, Julien; Duval, Mathieu; Beck, Robin M. D.; Pease, Eleanor; Sobbe, Ian; Sands, Noel; Price, Gilbert J. (November 2022). Hautier, Lionel. ed. "Cranial remains of Ramsayia magna from the Late Pleistocene of Australia and the evolution of gigantism in wombats (Marsupialia, Vombatidae)" (in en). Papers in Palaeontology 8 (6). doi:10.1002/spp2.1475. ISSN 2056-2799.
- ↑ Hocknull, Scott A.; Lewis, Richard; Arnold, Lee J.; Pietsch, Tim; Joannes-Boyau, Renaud; Price, Gilbert J.; Moss, Patrick; Wood, Rachel et al. (2020-05-18). "Extinction of eastern Sahul megafauna coincides with sustained environmental deterioration" (in en). Nature Communications 11 (1): 2250. doi:10.1038/s41467-020-15785-w. ISSN 2041-1723. PMID 32418985. Bibcode: 2020NatCo..11.2250H.
Wikidata ☰ Q117727763 entry
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