Riversleigh Rainforest Koala
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| Riversleigh Rainforest Koala Fossil range: middle Miocene |
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| Nimiokoala greystanesi Black and Archer, 1997 |
The Riversleigh Rainforest Koala (Nimiokoala greystanesi) is an extinct species of marsupial, closely related to the modern Koala, that lived 10-16 million years ago in the middle Miocene of Queensland. It exhibits a similar diet as the modern species except for being only a third of its size, but the mouth protruded from the skull. Only a partial skull has been found to date along with other skeletal fragments.
[edit] References
- Australias lost kingdom Riversleigh Rainforest Koala
- University of Queensland
- Taxonomy and Systematics in the Australian Museum - Taxa described since 1995
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