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Postcranial Descriptions of Ilaria and Ngapakaldia (Vombatiformes, Marsupialia) and the Phylogeny of the Vombatiforms Based on Postcranial Morphology
The postcrania of the vombatiform marsupial Ilaria illumidens from medial Miocene strata of South Australia are described and compared to those of other vombatiforms, with the observation that Ilaria shares a similar morphology of the manus and pes with living wombats. While this indicates a certain degree of fossorial activity, the size and vertebral morphology of Ilaria argue against a burrowing lifestyle. Another medial Miocene vombatiform, Ngapakaldia tedfordi, is described as having a plesiomorphic vombatiform skeleton similar in many ways to that of phalangeriform possums, but with adaptations for greater size and a plantigrade, terrestrial habitus. Besides stouter and more robust limb...
