Reconstruction of the 25-million-year-old marsupial ecosystem
Illustration courtesy of Peter Schouten
A mini koala meandered by central Australia about 25 million years in the past. The newly found species belonged to a group that contained the oldest recognized members of the koala household – and it may present essential lacking data on the mysterious early evolution of marsupials.
The novel species – which has been named Lumakoala blackae – is represented by simply by a dozen historical enamel, principally higher molars, present in fossil-bearing rocks close to Alice Springs.
“Enamel are good as a result of they supply an enormous quantity of evolutionary and dietary …
