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{{Short description|Suborder of marsupials}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| fossil_range = {{fossil range|28.4|0|[[Late Oligocene]] - Recent}}
| image = Koala climbing tree.jpg
| image_caption = ''[[Phascolarctos cinereus]]''
| taxon = Vombatiformes
| authority = [[Gilbert Thomas Burnett|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 [[suborder]]s of the large [[marsupial]] order [[Diprotodontia]]. Seven of the nine known [[Family (biology)|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==
After<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last1=Beck |first1=Robin M. D. |last2=Louys |first2=Julien |last3=Brewer |first3=Philippa |last4=Archer |first4=Michael |last5=Black |first5=Karen H. |last6=Tedford |first6=Richard H. |date=2020-06-25 |title=A new family of diprotodontian marsupials from the latest Oligocene of Australia and the evolution of wombats, koalas, and their relatives (Vombatiformes) |journal=Scientific Reports |language=en |volume=10 |issue=1 |pages=9741 |doi=10.1038/s41598-020-66425-8 |issn=2045-2322 |pmc=7316786 |pmid=32587406}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |last1=Crichton |first1=Arthur I. |last2=Worthy |first2=Trevor H. |last3=Camens |first3=Aaron B. |last4=Yates |first4=Adam M. |last5=Couzens |first5=Aidan M. C. |last6=Prideaux |first6=Gavin J. |date=2023-03-19 |title=A new species of Mukupirna (Diprotodontia, Mukupirnidae) from the Oligocene of Central Australia sheds light on basal vombatoid interrelationships |journal=Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology |volume=47 |issue=4 |language=en |pages=446–474 |doi=10.1080/03115518.2023.2181397 |doi-access=free |issn=0311-5518}}</ref>

'''Suborder Vombatiformes'''
* Family †[[Thylacoleonidae]]: ([[Thylacoleonidae|marsupial lions]])<ref name="Scientific American">{{cite web |last1=Naish |first1=Darren |title=Of koalas and marsupial lions: the vombatiform radiation, part I |url=http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/tetrapod-zoology/2011/10/26/vombatiform-radiation-part-i/ |access-date=24 October 2015 |website=Scientific American |publisher=Scientific American, Inc.}}</ref>
** Genus ''[[Microleo]]''
** Genus ''[[Priscileo]]''
** Genus ''[[Thylacoleo]]''
** Genus ''[[Wakaleo]]''
*Infraorder [[Phascolarctomorphia]]
** Family [[Phascolarctidae]]: [[koala]]<ref name="McKenna & Bell 1997">
{{cite book |last1=McKenna |first1=Malcolm C. |title=Classification of mammals – above the species level |last2=Bell |first2=Susan K. |publisher=Columbia University Press |year=1997 |isbn=9780231110129 |location=New York |pages=xii–631 |author-link1=Malcolm McKenna}}</ref>
*** Genus ''[[Phascolarctos]]'' (one [[Extant taxon|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]]: [[wombat]]s (two living genera)
**** Genus ''[[Lasiorhinus]]''
**** Genus ''[[Vombatus]]''
**** Genus †''[[Rhizophascolonus]]''
**** Genus †''[[Phascolonus]]''
**** Genus †''[[Warendja]]''
**** Genus †''[[Ramasayia|Ramsayia]]''
**** Genus †''[[Sedophascolomys]]''
*** Family †Maradidae
**** Genus ''[[Marada arcanum|Marada]]'' <ref>[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}}</ref>
*** Genus ''[[Nimbavombatus]]'' (either considered the most basal vombatid<ref name=":1" /> or just outside Vombatidae<ref name=":0" />)
*** Family †Mukupirnidae
**** Genus ''[[Mukupirna nambensis|Mukupirna]]'' 
** Superfamily †Diprotodontoidea<ref name="black2013">{{Cite journal | doi = 10.4202/app.2012.0001| title = Revision in the marsupial diprotodontid genus Neohelos: Systematics and biostratigraphy| journal = Acta Palaeontologica Polonica| year = 2012| last1 = Black | first1 = K. | doi-access = free| hdl = 1959.4/unsworks_36970| hdl-access = free}}</ref>
*** Genus †''[[Silvabestius]]''
*** Genus †''[[Ngapakaldia]]''
*** Genus †''[[Nimbadon]]''
*** Genus †''[[Neohelos]]''
*** Family †[[Diprotodontidae]]:<ref name="black2013" />
**** Genus ''[[Alkwertatherium]]''
**** Genus ''[[Bematherium]]''
**** Genus ''[[Diprotodon]]''
**** Genus ''[[Euowenia]]''
**** Genus ''[[Euryzygoma]]''
**** Genus ''[[Meniscolophus]]''
**** Genus ''[[Nototherium]]''
**** Genus ''[[Pyramios]]''
**** Genus ''[[Sthenomerus]]''
**** Subfamily †[[Zygomaturinae]]<ref name="black2013" />
***** Genus ''[[Hulitherium]]''
***** Genus ''[[Kolopsis]]''<ref name="black2013" />
***** Genus ''[[Kolopsoides]]''
***** Genus ''[[Maokopia]]''
***** Genus ''[[Neohelos]]''<ref name="black2013" />
***** Genus ''[[Plaisiodon]]''
***** Genus ''[[Raemeotherium]]''
***** Genus ''[[Zygomaturus]]''
*** Family †[[Palorchestidae]]: ([[Palorchestidae|marsupial tapirs]])<ref name="black2013" />
**** Genus ''[[Palorchestes]]''
**** Genus ''[[Pitikantia]]''
**** Genus ''[[Propalorchestes]]''

==References==
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* {{MSW3 Groves|pages=43–44}}

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[[Category:Chattian first appearances]]