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Phascolonus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Infraclass
  
Marsupialia

Family
  
Vombatidae

Rank
  
Genus

Class
  
Mammalia

Suborder
  
Vombatiformes

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Diprotodontia

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Similar
  
Zygomaturus, Sthenurus, Diprotodontia, Vombatiformes, Nototherium

Phascolonus was a genus of prehistoric Australian marsupials in the wombat family. The largest species, Phascolonus gigas, weighed as much as 200 kg (450 lb). Phascolonus existed alongside an even larger marsupial, Diprotodon, which weighed as much as three tons and was distantly related to wombats. Both disappeared at the end of the Late Pleistocene in a Quaternary extinction event together with many other large Australian animals.

At Tea Tree Cave, a two-million-year-old Phascolonus fossil was found alongside that of the crocodilian Quinkana.

References

Phascolonus Wikipedia