Perikoala
Perikoala Temporal range: Late Oligocene
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
Order: | Diprotodontia |
Family: | Phascolarctidae |
Genus: | †Perikoala Stirton, 1957 |
Perikoala is an extinct genus of marsupials, related to the modern koala. The genus diverged from a common ancestor of the other koala genera Nimiokoala, Litokoala, and Phascolarctos, which contains the living koala.[1]
Two species are recognised:
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ "Perikoala palankarinnica Stirton 1957 (koala)". Fossilworks. Gateway to the Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
- ^ M. O. Woodburne, R. H. Tedford, M. Archer and N. S. Pledge. 1987. Madakoala, A new genus and two species of Miocene Koala (Marsupialia: Phascolarctidae) from South Australia, and a new species of Perikoala. Possums and Opossums: Studies in Evolution 1:293-317
- ^ "Perikoala robustus Woodburne et al. 1987 (koala)". Fossilworks. Gateway to the Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
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