Phascolarctos cinereus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Vombatiformes 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
Cladus: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Subordo: Cynodontia
Infraordo: Eucynodontia
Cladus: Probainognathia
Cladus: Prozostrodontia
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohors: Theria
Cohort: Metatheria
Cohors: Marsupialia
Cladus: Australidelphia
Cladus: Eomarsupialia
Ordo: Diprotodontia
Subordo: Vombatiformes

Familia: Phascolarctidae
Genera (8): Phascolarctos – †Invictokoala – †Litokoala – †Madakoala – †Nimiokoala – †Perikoala – †Priscakoala – ?†Koobor


Name

Vernacular names

español: Fascolárctidos

References

  • Archer, M.; Black, K.; Nettle, K. 1997: Giant ringtail possums (Marsupialia, Pseudocheiridae) and giant koalas (Phascolarctidae) from the Late Cainozoic of Australia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 117: 3–15.
  • Black, K. 1999: Diversity and relationships of living and extinct koalas (Phascolarctidae, Marsupialia). Australian mammalogy, 21: 16–17. ISSN: 0310-0049 [not seen]
  • Black, K.; Archer, M. 1997: Nimiokoala gen. nov. (Marsupialia, Phascolarctidae) from Riversleigh, northwestern Queensland, with a revision of Litokoala. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 41: 209–228.
  • Pledge, N.S. 1992: The Curramulka local fauna: a new Late Tertiary fossil assemblage from Yorke Peninsula, South Australia. Beagle, 9: 115–142. ISSN: 0811-3653
  • Price, G.J.; Zhao, J-x.; Feng, Y-x.; Hocknull, S.A. 2009: New records of Plio-Pleistocene koalas from Australia: palaeoecological and taxonomic implications. Records of the Australian Museum, 61: 39–48. ISSN: 0067-1975 DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.61.2009.1518
  • Woodburne, M.O.; Tedford, R.H.; Archer, M.; Pledge, N.S. 1987: Madakoala, a new genus and two species of Miocene koalas (Marsupialia: Phascolarctidae) from South Australia, and a new species of Perikoala. Pp. 293–317 in: Archer, M. (ed.) Possums and opossums: studies in evolution. Surrey Beatty & Sons Pty Limited, England, Chipping Norton. ISBN 0949324051
  • Phascolarctidae in Mammal Species of the World.
    Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
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  • Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.)  2005. Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore. 2 volumes. 2142 pp. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. Reference page. 


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