Invictokoala Temporal range: Middle Pleistocene |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Subclass: | Theria |
Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
Order: | Diprotodontia |
Suborder: | Vombatiformes |
Family: | Phascolarctidae |
Genus: | †Invictokoala |
Species: | †I. monticola |
Binomial name | |
Invictokoala monticola Price & Hocknull, 2011 |
Invictokoala monticola is an extinct phascolarctid marsupial mammal from the middle of central-eastern Queensland, Australia. The holotype was found during cave excavations at Mount Etna (a local mountain in central-eastern Queensland which was named after the famed Sicilian volcano). It was first named by Gilbert J. Price and Scott A. Hocknull in 2011.