Priscakoala

Priscakoala; Temporal range: Early Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Marsupialia
Order:	Diprotodontia
Family:	Phascolarctidae
Genus:	†Priscakoala
Species
	P. lucyturnbullae;

Priscakoala is an extinct genus of koala from the Early Miocene of Riversleigh, Australia.^[1]^[2] It has one species: Priscakoala lucyturnbullae.^[2]

The prefix "prisca" comes from the Latin meaning old, ancient, primeval or primitive.^[2] It was used to indicate that this genus is one of the oldest and simplest form of the koala.^[2] The species P. lucyturnbullae was named for Lucy Turnbull a businesswoman, wife of former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, and supporter of the research that discovered the genus.^[2]

References[]

^ & Archer, M. "Priscakoala lucyturnbullae: the most plesiomorphic definitive koala (Marsupialia, Phascolarctidae) from the early Miocene of Riversleigh, northwestern Queensland". (not published as of 2007). As cited in ; Black, K.; Archer, M.; Hand, S. J. & (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.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e BLACK, KAREN H.; ARCHER, MICHAEL; HAND, SUZANNE J. (2012). "NEW TERTIARY KOALA (MARSUPIALIA, PHASCOLARCTIDAE) FROM RIVERSLEIGH, AUSTRALIA, WITH A REVISION OF PHASCOLARCTID PHYLOGENETICS, PALEOECOLOGY, AND PALEOBIODIVERSITY". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 32 (1): 125–138. ISSN 0272-4634.

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[blackarcher-1] & Archer, M. "Priscakoala lucyturnbullae: the most plesiomorphic definitive koala (Marsupialia, Phascolarctidae) from the early Miocene of Riversleigh, northwestern Queensland". (not published as of 2007). As cited in ; Black, K.; Archer, M.; Hand, S. J. & (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.

[:0-2] BLACK, KAREN H.; ARCHER, MICHAEL; HAND, SUZANNE J. (2012). "NEW TERTIARY KOALA (MARSUPIALIA, PHASCOLARCTIDAE) FROM RIVERSLEIGH, AUSTRALIA, WITH A REVISION OF PHASCOLARCTID PHYLOGENETICS, PALEOECOLOGY, AND PALEOBIODIVERSITY". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 32 (1): 125–138. ISSN 0272-4634.

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