Perikoala

Perikoala Temporal range: Late Oligocene
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Marsupialia
Order:	Diprotodontia
Family:	Phascolarctidae
Genus:	†Perikoala Stirton, 1957

Perikoala is an extinct genus of marsupials, related to the modern koala. The genus diverged from a common ancestor of the other koala genera Nimiokoala, Litokoala, and Phascolarctos, which contains the living koala.[1]

Two species are recognised:

• Perikoala palankarinnica Stirton 1957[2]
• Perikoala robustus Woodburne et al. 1987[3][4]

References

1. John A. Long, Michael Archer (2002). Prehistoric Mammals of Australia and New Guinea: One Hundred Million Years of Evolution. UNSW Press. p. 79. ISBN 0868404357.
2. "Perikoala palankarinnica Stirton 1957 (koala)". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
3. M. O. Woodburne, R. H. Tedford, M. Archer and N. S. Pledge. 1987. Madakoala, A new genus and two species of Miocene Koala (Marsupialia: Phascolarctidae) from South Australia, and a new species of Perikoala. Possums and Opossums: Studies in Evolution 1:293-317
4. "Perikoala robustus Woodburne et al. 1987 (koala)". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 12 February 2022.