Phascolarctidae
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| Phascolarctidae[1] Temporal range: Middle Miocene–Recent |
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| Phascolarctos cinereus | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Diprotodontia |
| Suborder: | Vombatiformes |
| Family: | Phascolarctidae Owen, 1839 |
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†Invictokoala |
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Phascolarctidae (Phasco - pouch or bag, larct- from the Greek ‘arctos’ meaning bear) is a family of marsupials of the order Diprotodontia, consisting of only one extant species, the Koala, six well-known fossil species, with another 5 less well known fossil species, and 2 fossil species whose taxonomy is debatable but is put in this group. The closest relatives of the Phascolarctidae are the wombats, which comprise the family Vombatidae.
The family of the Phascolarctidae dates back to the Middle Miocene.[2]
[edit] Classification
Family Phascolarctidae[1]
- ?Genus †Cundokoala
- †Cundokoala yorkensis
- Genus †Nimiokoala
- †Riversleigh Rainforest Koala - Nimiokoala greystanesi
- Genus †Invictokoala[3]
- †Invictokoala monticola
- Genus †Madakoala
- †Madakoala robustus
- †Madakoala wellsi
- †Madakoala devisi
- Genus †Litokoala
- †Litokoala garyjohnstoni
- †Litokoala kutjamarpensis
- †Litokoala kanunkaensis
- Genus †Koobor
- †Koobor jimbarrati
- †Koobor notabilis
- Genus †Perikoala
- †Perikoala palankarinnica
- †Perikoala robustus
- Genus Phascolarctos
- †Phascolarctos maris
- Koala - Phascolarctos cinereus
- †Giant Koala - Phascolarctos stirtoni
[edit] References
- ^ a b Groves, C. (2005). Wilson, D. E., & Reeder, D. M, eds. ed. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 43. OCLC 62265494. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3.
- ^ Benton, M.J. (2005). Vertebrate Palaeontology. Oxford. pp. 314.
- ^ Gilbert J. Price and Scott A. Hocknull (2011). "Invictokoala monticola gen. et sp. nov. (Phascolarctidae, Marsupialia), a Pleistocene plesiomorphic koala holdover from Oligocene ancestors". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 9 (2): 327–335. doi:10.1080/14772019.2010.504079. http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~db=all~content=a937670267~frm=titlelink.
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