Phascolarctidae
{{Short description|Family of marsupials}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| name = Phascolarctidae{{MSW3 Diprotodontia | id = 11000003 | page = 43 | heading = Family Phascolarctidae}}
| fossil_range = {{Fossil range|Late Oligocene|Recent}}
| image = Koala climbing tree.jpg
| image_caption = Phascolarctos cinereus
| display_parents = 2
| parent_authority = Aplin & Archer, 1987
| taxon = Phascolarctidae
| authority = Owen, 1839
| subdivision_ranks = Genera
| subdivision =
- {{extinct}}Invictokoala
- {{extinct}}Litokoala
- {{extinct}}Lumakoala
- {{extinct}}Koobor
- {{extinct}}Madakoala
- {{extinct}}Nimiokoala
- {{extinct}}Perikoala
- {{extinct}}Priscakoala
- {{extinct}}Stelakoala
- Phascolarctos
}}
The Phascolarctidae (φάσκωλος (phaskolos) - pouch or bag, ἄρκτος (arktos) - bear, from the Greek phascolos + arctos meaning pouched bear) is a family of marsupials of the order Diprotodontia, consisting of only one extant species, the koala, and six well-known fossil species, with another six less well known fossil species, and two fossil species of the genus Koobor, whose taxonomy is debatable but are placed in this group. The closest relatives of the Phascolarctidae are the wombats, which comprise the family Vombatidae.{{MSW3 Diprotodontia | id = 11000002 | pages = 43-44 | heading = Suborder Vombatiformes}}
The fossil record of the family dates back to the Middle Miocene{{cite book | author = Benton, M.J. | title = Vertebrate Palaeontology | publisher = Oxford | year = 2005 | pages = 314}} or Late Oligocene.
Classification
- Genus {{extinct}}Nimiokoala
- {{extinct}}Nimiokoala greystanesi
- Genus {{extinct}}Invictokoala{{Cite journal|author=Gilbert J. Price and Scott A. Hocknull |year=2011 |title=Invictokoala monticola gen. et sp. nov. (Phascolarctidae, Marsupialia), a Pleistocene plesiomorphic koala holdover from Oligocene ancestors |journal=Journal of Systematic Palaeontology |volume=9 |issue=2 |pages=327–335 |doi=10.1080/14772019.2010.504079 |bibcode=2011JSPal...9..327P |s2cid=84316375 }}
- {{extinct}}Invictokoala monticola
- Genus {{extinct}}Madakoala
- {{extinct}}Madakoala robustus
- {{extinct}}Madakoala wellsi
- {{extinct}}Madakoala devisi
- Genus {{extinct}}Litokoala
- {{extinct}}Litokoala garyjohnstoni
- {{extinct}}Litokoala kutjamarpensis
- {{extinct}}Litokoala kanunkaensis
- Genus {{extinct}}Lumakoala
- {{extinct}}Lumakoala blackae{{Cite journal|author=Arthur I. Crichton, Robin M. D. Beck, Aidan M. C. Couzens, Trevor H. Worthy, Aaron B. Camens and Gavin J. Prideaux|year=2023 |title=A probable koala from the Oligocene of central Australia provides insights into early diprotodontian evolution |journal=Scientific Reports |volume=13 |issue=1 |at=14521 |doi=10.1038/s41598-023-41471-0 |pmid=37666885 |pmc=10477348 | doi-access = free |bibcode=2023NatSR..1314521C |display-authors=etal}}
- Genus {{extinct}}Koobor
- {{extinct}}Koobor jimbarrati
- {{extinct}}Koobor notabilis
- Genus {{extinct}}Perikoala
- {{extinct}}Perikoala palankarinnica
- {{extinct}}Perikoala robustus
- Genus Phascolarctos
- {{extinct}}Phascolarctos maris
- Koala - Phascolarctos cinereus
- {{extinct}}Giant koala - Phascolarctos stirtoni
- {{extinct}}Phascolarctos yorkensis (formerly Cundokoala yorkensis){{cite book|author=Talent, John A.|year=2012|title=Earth and Life|publisher=Springer|page=1047|isbn=9789048134281}}
- Genus {{extinct}}Priscakoala
- {{extinct}}Priscakoala lucyturnbullae{{cite journal | author = Karen Black | author-link = Karen H. Black | year = 2012 | title = New Tertiary koala (Marsupialia, Phascolarctidae) from Riversleigh, Australia, with a revision of phascolarctid phylogenetics, paleoecology, and paleobiodiversity | journal = Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology | volume = 32 | issue = 1 | pages = 125–138 | doi = 10.1080/02724634.2012.626825| bibcode = 2012JVPal..32..125B | s2cid = 86152273 |display-authors=etal}}
- Genus {{extinct}}Stelakoala{{cn|date=March 2025}}
- {{extinct}}Stelakoala riversleighensis
References
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External links
{{Commons category}}
{{Wikispecies|Phascolarctidae}}
- [http://koalas.org/koala-info.html Koalas with evolutionary information].
{{Diprotodontia|V.}}
{{Vombatiformes|state=autocollapse}}
{{Taxonbar|from=Q431978}}
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Category:Extant Chattian first appearances
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