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Riversleigh rainforest koala

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Infraclass
  
Marsupialia

Species
  
N. greystanesi

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Diprotodontia

Class
  
Mammalia

Family
  
Phascolarctidae

Scientific name
  
Nimiokoala greystanesi

Rank
  
Genus

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Similar
  
Litokoala, Diprotodontia, Silvabestius, Giant koala, Priscileo

The Riversleigh rainforest koala (Nimiokoala greystanesi) is an extinct species of marsupial, closely related to the modern koala, though it may not look like a koala, that lived 10–16 million years ago in the middle Miocene of Queensland. It probably had a diet of leaves similar to that of the modern species, but whether it specialized on eucalypt leaves is unknown. It was a third of a modern koala's size, being 25–30 cm long, and the mouth protruded from the skull. To date, a partial skull has been found along with several lower jaws and isolated teeth, containing in aggregate the entire dentition.

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Riversleigh rainforest koala Wikipedia