Invictokoala Price and Hocknull 2011 (koala)

Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Phascolarctidae

Full reference: G. J. Price and S. 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

Parent taxon: Phascolarctidae according to G. J. Price and S. A. Hocknull 2011

Sister taxa: Koobor, Litokoala, Madakoala, Nimiokoala, Perikoala, Phascolarctos, Priscakoala

Subtaxa: Invictokoala monticola

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Type: Invictokoala monticola

Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution: found only at Site QML1311 (Quaternary of Australia)

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