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#NewSpecies of Early #Koala Relative Discovered in Australia
https://www.sci.news/paleontology/lumakoala-blackae-12244.htmlA probable koala from the #Oligocene of central Australia provides insights into early diprotodontian #evolution https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-41471-0
"The newly-discovered species, #Lumakoala blackae, was comparable in size to the smallest-known members of the koala family (#Phascolarctidae), with body-mass estimates of 2.2-2.6 kg. The #discovery helps fill a 30 million gap in the evolution of #Australia’s #marsupials."