Litokoala thurmerae Pledge 2010 (koala)

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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