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Phascolarctidae (koala)
Taxonomy
Phascolarctidae was named by Owen (1839). It is extant.
It was assigned to Diprotodonta by Lundelius and Turnbull (1982); to Diprotodontia by Nowak (1991); to Phascolarctoidea by Pocock (1921) and McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Vombatiformes by Springer et al. (1994), Black and Archer (1997), Munemasa et al. (2006) and Beck et al. (2020).
It was assigned to Diprotodonta by Lundelius and Turnbull (1982); to Diprotodontia by Nowak (1991); to Phascolarctoidea by Pocock (1921) and McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Vombatiformes by Springer et al. (1994), Black and Archer (1997), Munemasa et al. (2006) and Beck et al. (2020).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1839 | Phascolarctidae Owen |
| 1921 | Phascolarctidae Pocock p. 607 |
| 1982 | Phascolarctidae Lundelius and Turnbull p. 13 |
| 1991 | Phascolarctidae Nowak |
| 1994 | Phascolarctidae Springer et al. p. 86 |
| 1997 | Phascolarctidae Black and Archer |
| 1997 | Phascolarctidae McKenna and Bell |
| 2006 | Phascolarctidae Munemasa et al. p. 189 |
| 2020 | Phascolarctidae Beck et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Fm. Phascolarctidae Owen 1839 [koala]
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G. †Litokoala Stirton et al. 1967
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†Litokoala dicktedfordi Pledge 2010
†Litokoala garyjohnstoni Louys et al. 2007
†Litokoala kanunkaensis Springer 1987
†Litokoala kutjamarpensis Stirton et al. 1967
†Litokoala thurmerae Pledge 2010
G. †Madakoala Woodburne et al. 1987
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†Madakoala devisi Woodburne et al. 1987
†Madakoala wellsi Woodburne et al. 1987
G. †Perikoala Stirton 1957
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†Perikoala palankarinnica Stirton 1957
†Perikoala robustus Woodburne et al. 1987
G. Phascolarctos de Blainville 1816 [koala]
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Phascolarctos cinereus Goldfuss 1817 [koala]
†Phascolarctos maris Pledge 1987
†Phascolarctos stirtoni Bartholomai 1968
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Clemens 1979, Hopson 1973, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Oligocene to the top of the Holocene or 28.40000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.03 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.03 Ma
Collections (45 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Oligocene | Australia (South Australia) | Perikoala robusta (182109) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene | Australia (South Australia) | Litokoala kanunkaensis (136791 137257) Litokoala thurmerae (28306) Madakoala devisi (51412) Madakoala devisi, Madakoala wellsi (45652) Perikoala robustus (137260 137262) Phascolarctidae indet., Perikoala sp. (182913) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene | Australia (South Australia) | Litokoala kutjamarpensis (13313) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene - Late/Upper Miocene | Australia (Queensland) | Litokoala dicktedfordi (135742) | |
| Aquitanian - Burdigalian | Australia (Queensland) | Litokoala garyjohnstoni (106497) Litokoala sp. (183096) Nimiokoala greystanesi (203532) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Australia (Queensland) | Nimiokoala greystanesi (117979 136804 203529 203531) Priscakoala lucyturnbullae (135748) | |
| Burdigalian | Australia (Queensland) | Nimiokoala greystanesi (135708 203530) Priscakoala lucyturnbullae (134946) | |
| Messinian - Piacenzian | Australia (South Australia) | Phascolarctos maris (50343) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | Australia (Queensland) | Phascolarctidae indet., Phascolarctos stirtoni (136787) | |
| Zanclean | Australia (Queensland) | Koobor jimbarratti (182159) | |
| Piacenzian - Calabrian | Australia (Victoria) | Phascolarctidae indet. (70576) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Australia ( New South Wales) | Phascolarctos stirtoni (182621) | |
| Pleistocene | Australia (New South Wales) | Phascolarctos sp. (96015) | |
| Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | Phascolarctos cinereus (28298 135983 136076 136430) Phascolarctos sp. (136159) | |
| Pleistocene | Australia (Western Australia) | Phascolarctos cinereus (136225) | |
| Pleistocene | Australia (Victoria) | Phascolarctidae indet. (70579) Phascolarctos sp. (136221) | |
| Pleistocene | Australia (Queensland) | Phascolarctos sp. (136790) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Australia (Queensland) | Invictokoala monticola (136792) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (Queensland) | Phascolarctos stirtoni (136730) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | Phascolarctos cinereus (136074 136075) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (Victoria) | Phascolarctos cinereus (182939) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | Phascolarctos cinereus (182957) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Australia (South Australia) | Phascolarctos cinereus (136172) | |
| Holocene | Australia (Western Australia) | Phascolarctos sp. (183094) |