Rhizophascolonus

{{Short description|Extinct genus of marsupials}} {{Automatic taxobox | fossil_range = {{fossilrange|Late Oligocene|Early Miocene}} | taxon = Rhizophascolonus | authority = Stirton et al., 1967 | type_species = '''''Rhizophascolonus crowcrofti''''' | type_species_authority = Stirton et al., 1967 | subdivision_ranks = Other species | subdivision = * {{extinct}}''R. ngangaba'' <small>Brewer et al., 2018</small> }}

'''''Rhizophascolonus''''' is an extinct genus of [[wombat]] known from the Early Miocene of South Australia.<ref name="Stirton1967">{{cite journal |last1=Stirton |first1=R. A. |author1-link= Ruben A. Stirton|last2=Tedford |first2=Richard H. |last3=Woodburne |first3=Michael O. |title=A new Tertiary formation and fauna from the Tirari Desert, South Australia |journal=Records of the South Australian Museum |date=1967 |volume=15 |issue=3 |pages=427–462 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/262888}}</ref><ref name=Brewer2008>{{cite journal |last1= Brewer |first1= P. |last2= Archer |first2= M. |last3= Hand |first3= S. |date= 2008 |title= Additional specimens of the oldest wombat, ''Rhizophascolonus crowcrofti'' (Vombatidae; Marsupialia) from the Wipajiri Formation, South Australia: an intermediate morphology? |journal= Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume= 28 |issue= 4 |pages= 1144-1148 |doi= 10.1671/0272-4634-28.4.1144}}</ref> The genus was first described to accommodate ''Rhizophascolonus crowcrofti'', in 1967. A discovery at [[Riversleigh, Queensland|Riversleigh]] was published as another new species in 2018, ''Rhizophascolonus ngangaba'', and further specimens from this area were assigned to ''R. crowcrofti'' in the same study.<ref name="Brewer2018">{{cite journal |last1=Brewer |first1=Philippa |last2=Archer |first2=Michael |last3=Hand |first3=Suzanne |last4=Price |first4=Gilbert |author1-link=Philippa Brewer |author2-link=Mike Archer (paleontologist) |author3-link=Suzanne Hand |title=A new species of Miocene wombat (Marsupialia, Vombatiformes) from Riversleigh, Queensland, Australia, and implications for the evolutionary history of the Vombatidae |journal=Palaeontologia Electronica |date=2018 |doi=10.26879/870|doi-access=free |hdl=10141/622528 |hdl-access=free }}</ref>

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[[Category:Prehistoric vombatiforms]] [[Category:Prehistoric marsupial genera]] [[Category:Miocene marsupials]] [[Category:Miocene mammals of Australia]] [[Category:Taxa named by Ruben A. Stirton]]