Phascolarctos de Blainville 1816 (koala)
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Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Phascolarctidae
Parent taxon: Phascolarctidae according to M. S. Y. Springer et al. 1994
See also Lundelius and Turnbull 1982, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Pocock 1921
Sister taxa: Invictokoala, Koobor, Litokoala, Madakoala, Nimiokoala, Perikoala, Priscakoala
Subtaxa: Phascolarctos cinereus Phascolarctos maris Phascolarctos stirtoni
Ecology: arboreal herbivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (17 collections)
• Pliocene of Australia (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Australia (1)
Total: 19 collections each including a single occurrence
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