Perikoala
| Perikoala Temporal range: Late Oligocene
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| Genus: | †Perikoala Stirton
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P. palankarinnika | |
Perikoala is an extinct genus of marsupial, related to the modern koala. The genus diverged from a common ancestor of the other koala genera Nimiokoala, Litokoala and the genus Phascolarctos, which contains the living koala.[1]
References
- ^ John A. Long, Michael Archer (2002). Prehistoric Mammals of Australia and New Guinea: One Hundred Million Years of Evolution. UNSW Press. p. 79. ISBN 0868404357.
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