Madakoala
| Madakoala | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Diprotodontia |
| Family: | Phascolarctidae |
| Genus: | †Madakoala Woodburne, Tedford, Archer, and Pledge, 1987 |
| Species | |
Madakoala is a genus of
phascolarctid marsupials with three known species, Madakoala devisi, Madakoala wellsi and Madakoala robustus. It is allied to extinct genera Invictokoala, Koobor, Litokoala, Nimiokoala, Perikoala, Phascolarctos and Priscakoala, along with Phascolarctos, the genus of the existing koala. Madakoala went extinct around 280,000 years ago in the Pleistocene epoch.[1] They are known to exist by limited cranial material in fossils, so the existence of some of the subspecies is questionable because of missing dental data.[2]
References
- S2CID 86152273. Retrieved March 26, 2021.
External links
Data related to Madakoala at Wikispecies
