Priscakoala lucyturnbullae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Vombatiformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cladus: Metatheria Cohors: Marsupialia Cladus: Australidelphia Cladus: Eomarsupialia Ordo: Diprotodontia Subordo: Vombatiformes

Familia: Phascolarctidae
Genus: †Priscakoala
Species: Priscakoala lucyturnbullae

Name

• Priscakoala lucyturnbullae Black, Archer & Hand, 2012
  • Authority for current placement: original
    • undisputed by all subsequent authorities
  • Original genus: Priscakoala Black, Archer & Hand, 2012
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: holotype
    • Fixation: designated
    • Description: 'left maxillary fragment with M1–2 complete and M3 lacking enamel from the buccal margin of the paracone and the lingual and posterolingual tooth margin'
    • Repository: QM F20303
  • Type locality/horizon: 'Creaser’s Ramparts Site, Hal’s Hill, Riversleigh World Heritage area, Lawn Hill National Park, northwestern Queensland, Australia (18°15'35S, 138°06'41E)', 'early Miocene'
  • NOTE: combined genus/species description

References

Primary references

• Black, K.H.; Archer, M.; Hand, S.J. 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

Additional references

• Louys, J.; Black, K.; Archer, M.; Hand, S.J.; Godthelp, H. 2007: Descriptions of koala fossils from the Miocene of Riversleigh, northwestern Queensland and implications for Litokoala (Marsupialia, Phascolarctidae). Alcheringa, 31(2): 99-110. DOI: 10.1080/03115510701305082 [nomen nudum in references]