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Researchers have unearthed fossils of an early relative of the koala, around the size of a domestic house cat, which they say could bridge a 30-million-year gap in the evolution of the koala, one of Australia's most iconic creatures.
The discovery of a fossil hints at the existence of an animal that researchers say could be the missing link in the understanding of evolution of marsupials in Australia.
These early ancestors were about the size of a pet cat and fill in a 30 million year evolutionary gap for marsupials.
'Until now, there’s been no record of koalas ever being in the Northern Territory; now there are three different species from a single fossil site.'
Fossils of an ancient koala relative have added another piece to the puzzle of how Australia’s unique marsupials evolved.