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Phascolarctidae
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 five less well known fossil species, and two fossil species of the genus Koobor, whose taxonomy is debatable but are placed in this group. The closest relatives of the Phascolarctidae are the wombats, which comprise the family Vombatidae.
The fossil record of the family dates back to the Middle Miocene[2] or Late Oligocene.[3]
Classification
Family Phascolarctidae[1]
- ?Genus †Cundokoala
- †Cundokoala yorkensis
- Genus †Nimiokoala
- †Riversleigh rainforest koala - Nimiokoala greystanesi
- Genus †Invictokoala[4]
- †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
- Genus †Priscakoala
- †Priscakoala lucyturnbullae[3]
References
- ^ a b Groves, C. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. eds. 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.
- ^ a b Karen Black, et al. (2012). "New Tertiary koala (Marsupialia, Phascolarctidae) from Riversleigh, Australia, with a revision of phascolarctid phylogenetics, paleoecology, and paleobiodiversity". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32 (1): 125–138. doi:10.1080/02724634.2012.626825.
- ^ 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.
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