Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Phascolarctidae
Full reference: J. Louys, K. Black, M. Archer, S. J. Hand, and H. Godthelp. 2007. Descriptions of koala fossils from the Miocene of Riversleigh, northwestern Queensland and implications for Litokoala (Marsupialia, Phascolarctidae). Alcheringa 31(2):99-110
Belongs to Litokoala according to J. Louys et al. 2007
Sister taxa: Litokoala dicktedfordi, Litokoala kanunkaensis, Litokoala kutjamarpensis, Litokoala thurmerae
Type specimen: QM F51405, a maxilla (left partial maxilla with P3, M1–3). Its type locality is Upper Site, which is in an Aquitanian/Burdigalian terrestrial limestone in the System B Formation of Australia.
Ecology: scansorial herbivore
Distribution: found only at Upper Site
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