Priscakoala

Name: Priscakoala.
Phonetic: Priss-ka-ko-ah-lah.
Named By: K.‭ ‬H.‭ ‬Black,‭ ‬M.‭ ‬Archer‭ ‬& S.J.‭ ‬Hand‭ ‬-‭ ‬2012.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Mammalia,‭ ‬Marsupialia,‭ ‬Diprotodontia,‭ ‬Phascolarctidae.
Species: P.‭ ‬lucyturnbullae‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: Australia,‭ ‬Riversleigh.
Time period: Burdigalian of the Miocene.
Fossil representation: Remains of two individuals.

       Priscakoala is a genus of koala that lived in Australia during the early Miocene.

Further reading
- 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 ‬-‭ ‬K.‭ ‬H.‭ ‬Black,‭ ‬M.‭ ‬Archer‭ ‬& S.J.‭ ‬Hand‭ ‬-‭ ‬2012.

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