Litokoala

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Vombatiformes
Clade: Marsupialiformes Cohors: Marsupialia Cladus: Australidelphia Cladus: Eomarsupialia Ordo: Diprotodontia Subordo: Vombatiformes

Familia: Phascolarctidae
Genus: †Litokoala
Species (5): L. dicktedfordi – L. garyjohnstoni – L. kanunkaensis – L. kutjamarpensis – L. thurmerae
[source: Pledge (2010: 79)]

Name

• Litokoala Stirton, Tedford & Woodburne, 1967
  • Gender: feminine
  • Type species: Litokoala kutjamarpensis Stirton, Tedford & Woodburne, 1967

References

cited sources

• Pledge, N.S. 2010: A new koala (Marsupialia: Phascolarctidae) from the late Oligocene Etadunna Formation, Lake Eyre Basin, South Australia. Australian mammalogy, 32(2): 79–86. DOI: 10.1071/AM09014

Additional references

• 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.
• Louys, J.; Black, K.; Archer, M.; Hand, S.J.; Godthelp, H. 2007: Descriptions of koala fossils from the Miocene of Riversleigh, northwestern Queensland and implications for Litokoala (Marsupialia, Phascolarctidae). Alcheringa, 31(2): 99–110. DOI: 10.1080/03115510701305082
• Springer, M.S. 1987: Lower molars of Litokoala (Marsupialia: Phascolarctidae) and their bearing on phascolarctid evolution. Pp. 319–325 in: Archer, M. (ed.) Possums and opossums: studies in evolution. Surrey Beatty & Sons Pty Limited, England, Chipping Norton. ISBN 0949324051

Links

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