Giant koala

Summary

Giant koala is a fossil taxon^[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (85 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Giant koala's image is recorded as Phascolarctos stirtoni.png^[3].
• Giant koala's instance of is recorded as fossil taxon^[4].
• Giant koala's taxon rank is recorded as species^[5].
• Ruben A. Stirton is named after Giant koala^[6].
• Giant koala's parent taxon is recorded as Phascolarctos^[7].
• Giant koala's endemic to is recorded as Australia^[8].
• Giant koala's taxon name is recorded as Phascolarctos stirtoni^[9].
• Giant koala's Commons category is recorded as Phascolarctos stirtoni^[10].
• Giant koala's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1920-00-00T00:00:00Z^[11].
• Giant koala's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0b5zyv^[12].
• Giant koala's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 247551^[13].
• Giant koala's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 8541168^[14].
• Giant koala's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'P. stirtoni'}^[15].
• Giant koala's time period is recorded as Pleistocene^[16].
• Giant koala's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2780966706^[17].
• Giant koala's extinction date is recorded as -45000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[18].
• Giant koala's Open Tree of Life ID is recorded as 6148179^[19].
• Giant koala's Paleobiology Database taxon ID is recorded as 247551^[20].

Why It Matters

Giant koala ranks in the top 4% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (85 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[21] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[22]