Pseudokoala

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Petauroidea
Clade: Marsupialiformes Cohors: Marsupialia Cladus: Australidelphia Cladus: Eomarsupialia Ordo: Diprotodontia Subordo: Phalangeriformes Superfamilia: Petauroidea

Familia: Pseudocheiridae
Genus: †Pseudokoala
Species: P. cathysantamaria – P. curramulkensis – P. erlita

Name

†Pseudokoala Turnbull & Lundelius, 1970

Gender

feminine

Synonyms

• †Corracheirus Pledge, 1992 [syn. Archer, Black & Nettle (1997: 9)]

Type species

• Pseudokoala Turnbull & Lundelius: †Pseudokoala erlita Turnbull & Lundelius, 1970
• Corracheirus Pledge: †Corracheirus curramulkensis Pledge, 1992

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.
• Pledge, N.S. 1992: The Curramulka local fauna: a new Late Tertiary fossil assemblage from Yorke Peninsula, South Australia. Beagle, 9: 115–142.
• Turnbull, W.D.; Lundelius, E.L., jr. 1970: The Hamilton fauna from the Grange Burn, Victoria, Australia. Fieldiana, geology, 19 Biodiversity Heritage Library

Links

• ION search for Pseudokoala
• ION search for Corracheirus
• Nomenclator Zoologicus search for Pseudokoala
• Nomenclator Zoologicus search for Corracheirus