Vombatiformes

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title: "Vombatiformes" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["vombatiforms", "chattian-first-appearances"] description: "Suborder of marsupials" topic_path: "general/vombatiforms" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vombatiformes" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Suborder of marsupials ::

| fossil_range = | image = Koala climbing tree.jpg | image_caption = Phascolarctos cinereus | taxon = Vombatiformes | authority = Burnett, 1830 | subdivision_ranks = Families | subdivision = * †Thylacoleonidae

• Phascolarctidae
• Vombatomorphia
  • †Wynyardiidae
  • †Ilariidae
  • Vombatoidea
    • †Maradidae
    • †Mukupirnidae
    • Vombatidae
  • Diprotodontoidea
    • †Diprotodontidae
    • †Palorchestidae

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 largest marsupials ever, including the rhinoceros sized Diprotodon, as well as the "marsupial lions" Thylacoleonidae and "marsupial tapirs" Palorchestidae.

Classification

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Suborder Vombatiformes

• Family †Thylacoleonidae: (marsupial lions)
  • Genus Microleo
  • Genus Priscileo
  • Genus Thylacoleo
  • Genus Wakaleo
• Infraorder Phascolarctomorphia
  • Family Phascolarctidae: koala
    • Genus Phascolarctos (one living species)
    • Genus †Koobor
    • Genus †Litokoala
    • Genus †Madakoala
    • Genus †Nimiokoala
    • Genus †Perikoala
• Infraorder Vombatomorphia
  • Family †Ilariidae
    • Genus Ilaria
    • Genus Koalemas
    • Genus Kuterintja
  • Family †Wynyardiidae
    • Genus Muramura
    • Genus Namilamadeta
    • Genus Wynyardia
  • Superfamily Vombatoidea
    • Family Vombatidae: wombats (two living genera)
      • Genus Lasiorhinus
      • Genus Vombatus
      • Genus †Rhizophascolonus
      • Genus †Phascolonus
      • Genus †Warendja
      • Genus †Ramsayia
      • Genus †Sedophascolomys
    • Family †Maradidae
      • Genus Marada
    • Genus Nimbavombatus (either considered the most basal vombatid or just outside Vombatidae)
    • Family †Mukupirnidae
      • Genus Mukupirna
  • Superfamily †Diprotodontoidea
    • Genus †Silvabestius
    • Genus †Ngapakaldia
    • Genus †Nimbadon
    • Genus †Neohelos
    • Family †Diprotodontidae:
      • Genus Alkwertatherium
      • Genus Bematherium
      • Genus Diprotodon
      • Genus Euowenia
      • Genus Euryzygoma
      • Genus Meniscolophus
      • Genus Nototherium
      • Genus Pyramios
      • Genus Sthenomerus
      • Subfamily †Zygomaturinae
        • Genus Hulitherium
        • Genus Kolopsis
        • Genus Kolopsoides
        • Genus Maokopia
        • Genus Neohelos
        • Genus Plaisiodon
        • Genus Raemeotherium
        • Genus Zygomaturus
    • Family †Palorchestidae: (marsupial tapirs)
      • Genus Palorchestes
      • Genus Pitikantia
      • Genus Propalorchestes

References

References

1. (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.
2. (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.
3. "Of koalas and marsupial lions: the vombatiform radiation, part I". Scientific American, Inc..
4. [http://www.create.unsw.edu.au/research/files/Black%20(2007)%20Marada.pdf 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
5. (2012). "Revision in the marsupial diprotodontid genus Neohelos: Systematics and biostratigraphy". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica.

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