Phascolarctidae

Phascolarctos cinereus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Vombatiformes
Main Page Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Chordata Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Theria Infraclassis: Marsupialia Ordo: Diprotodontia Subordo: Vombatiformes

Familia: Phascolarctidae
Genera (8): Phascolarctos – †Invictokoala – †Litokoala – †Madakoala – †Nimiokoala – †Perikoala – †Priscakoala – ?†Koobor

Number

1 specie

Name

• Phascolarctidae Owen, 1839
  • Type genus: Phascolarctos Blainville, 1816

References

• Archer, M.; Black, K.; Nettle, K. 1997: Giant ringtail possums (Marsupialia, Pseudocheiridae) and giant koalas (Phascolarctidae) from the Late Cainozoic of Australia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 117: 3-15.
• Black, K. 1999: Diversity and relationships of living and extinct koalas (Phascolarctidae, Marsupialia). Australian mammalogy, 21: 16-17. ISSN: 0310-0049 [not seen]
• Black, K.; Archer, M. 1997: Nimiokoala gen. nov. (Marsupialia, Phascolarctidae) from Riversleigh, northwestern Queensland, with a revision of Litokoala. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 41: 209-228.
• Pledge, N.S. 1992: The Curramulka local fauna: a new Late Tertiary fossil assemblage from Yorke Peninsula, South Australia. Beagle, 9: 115-142. ISSN: 0811-3653
• Price, G.J.; Zhao, J-x.; Feng, Y-x.; Hocknull, S.A. 2009: New records of Plio-Pleistocene koalas from Australia: palaeoecological and taxonomic implications. Records of the Australian Museum, 61: 39–48. ISSN: 0067-1975 doi: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.61.2009.1518
• Woodburne, M.O.; Tedford, R.H.; Archer, M.; Pledge, N.S. 1987: Madakoala, a new genus and two species of Miocene koalas (Marsupialia: Phascolarctidae) from South Australia, and a new species of Perikoala. Pp. 293–317 in: Archer, M. (ed.) Possums and opossums: studies in evolution. Surrey Beatty & Sons Pty Limited, England, Chipping Norton. ISBN 0949324051
• Phascolarctidae in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, D. E. & Reeder, D. M. (eds.) (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0801882214
• Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1839: 19.
• Mammal Species of the World, A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd edition, 2005 ISBN 0801882214