Phascolarctos yorkensis (Pledge, 1992)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Cundokoala yorkensis Pledge, 1992 [transferred to Phascolarctos by Black & Archer, 1997]
Conservation Status
Extinct (Piper, 2005)
Last record: Late Pleistocene (fide Piper, 2005)
Distribution & Habitat
New South Wales & South Australia, Australia
Anatomy & Morphology
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
AM F98885 (Piper, 2005:)
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Pledge, N. S. (1992). The Curramulka Local Fauna: a late Tertiary fossil assemblage from Yorke Peninsula, South Australia. The Beagle, Records of the Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences 9: 115-142.
Other references:
Archer, Michael, Black, K. H. and Nettle, K. (1997). Giant ringtail possums (Marsupialia, Pseudocheiridae) and giant koalas (Phascolarctidae) from the late Cainozoic of Australia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 117: 3-16.
Black, K. H. and Archer, Michael. (1997). Nimiokoala gen. nov. (Marsupialia, Phascolarctidae) from Riversleigh, northwestern Queensland, with revision of Litokoala. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 41: 209-228.
Piper, Katarzyna J. (2005). An early Pleistocene record of a giant koala (Phascolarctidae: Marsupialia) from western Victoria. Australian Mammalogy 27(2): 221-223. https://doi.org/10.1071/AM05221
Travouillon, Kenny J., Jackson, Stephen, Beck, Robin M. D., Louys, Julien, Cramb, Jonathan, Gillespie, Anna, Black, Karen, Hand, Suzanne, Archer, Michael, Kear, Benjamin, Hocknull, Scott, Phillips, Matthew, McDowell, Matthew, Fitzgerald, Erich M. G., Brewer, Phillipa and Price, Gilbert J. (2023). Checklist of the Fossil Mammal Species of Australia and New Guinea. Available from: https://www.australasianpalaeontologists.com/national-fossil-species-lists [Accessed 2 March 2025]
Travouillon, Kenny J., Jackson, Stephen, Beck, Robin M. D., Louys, Julien, Cramb, Jonathan, Gillespie, Anna, Black, Karen, Hand, Suzanne, Archer, Michael, Kear, Benjamin, Hocknull, Scott, Phillips, Matthew, McDowell, Matthew, Fitzgerald, Erich M. G., Brewer, Phillipa and Price, Gilbert J. (2024). Checklist of the Fossil Mammal Species of Australia and New Guinea. Available from: https://www.australasianpalaeontologists.com/national-fossil-species-lists [Accessed 24 November 2024]
Travouillon, Kenny J., Jackson, Stephen, Beck, Robin M. D., Louys, Julien, Cramb, Jonathan, Gillespie, Anna, Black, Karen, Hand, Suzanne, Archer, Michael, Kear, Benjamin, Hocknull, Scott, Phillips, Matthew, McDowell, Matthew, Fitzgerald, Erich M. G., Brewer, Phillipa and Price, Gilbert J. (2025). Checklist of the Fossil Mammal Species of Australia and New Guinea. Available from: https://www.australasianpalaeontologists.com/national-fossil-species-lists [Accessed 1 March 2025]