Biology:Priscakoala
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Short description: Extinct genus of marsupials
| Priscakoala | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Diprotodontia |
| Family: | Phascolarctidae |
| Genus: | †Priscakoala Black et al, 2012 |
| Species: | †P. lucyturnbullae
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| Binomial name | |
| †Priscakoala lucyturnbullae Black et al, 2012
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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
- ↑ Black, K.; 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 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. Bibcode: 2007Alch...31...99L.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 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. doi:10.1080/02724634.2012.626825. ISSN 0272-4634. Bibcode: 2012JVPal..32..125B. https://www.jstor.org/stable/41407712.
Wikidata ☰ Q5814073 entry
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