†Litokoala thurmerae Pledge 2010 (koala)
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Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Phascolarctidae
Full reference: N. S. Pledge. 2010. A new koala (Marsupialia : Phascolarctidae) from the late Oligocene Etadunna Formation, Lake Eyre Basin, South Australia. Australian Mammalogy 32:79-86
Belongs to Litokoala according to N. S. Pledge 2010
Sister taxa: Litokoala dicktedfordi, Litokoala garyjohnstoni, Litokoala kanunkaensis, Litokoala kutjamarpensis
Type specimen: SAM P30159, a tooth (right upper molar, RM3). Its type locality is Mammalon Hill, which is in an Oligocene terrestrial claystone in the Etadunna Formation of Australia.
Ecology: scansorial herbivore
Distribution: found only at Mammalon Hill
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