Madakoala

Madakoala
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Marsupialia
Order:	Diprotodontia
Family:	Phascolarctidae
Genus:	† Madakoala ; Woodburne, Tedford, Archer, and Pledge, 1987
Species
	†Madakoala devisi; ††Madakoala wellsi; †Madakoala robustus;

Last updated May 28, 2025

Madakoala is a genus of extinct phascolarctid marsupials with three known species, Madakoala devisi,Madakoala wellsiandMadakoala 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

1 2 3 4 Woodburne, M. O.; Tedford, R. H.; Archer, M.; Pledge, N. S. (1987). "Madakoala, a new genus and two species of Miocene koalas (Marsupialia: Phascolarctidae) from South Australia, and a new species of Perikoala". In Archer, M. (ed.). Possums and opossums: studies in evolution. Chipping Norton, NSW: Surrey Beatty & Sons. pp. 293–317. ISBN 0-949324-05-1.
↑ 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. Bibcode:2012JVPal..32..125B. doi:10.1080/02724634.2012.626825. ISSN 0272-4634. JSTOR 41407712. S2CID 86152273 . Retrieved March 26, 2021.

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[authority-1] 1 2 3 4 Woodburne, M. O.; Tedford, R. H.; Archer, M.; Pledge, N. S. (1987). "Madakoala, a new genus and two species of Miocene koalas (Marsupialia: Phascolarctidae) from South Australia, and a new species of Perikoala". In Archer, M. (ed.). Possums and opossums: studies in evolution. Chipping Norton, NSW: Surrey Beatty & Sons. pp. 293–317. ISBN 0-949324-05-1.

[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. Bibcode:2012JVPal..32..125B. doi:10.1080/02724634.2012.626825. ISSN 0272-4634. JSTOR 41407712. S2CID 86152273 . Retrieved March 26, 2021.

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