†Lekaneleo roskellyae Gillespie et al. 2019 (diprotodont marsupial)
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Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Thylacoleonidae
Synonym: Priscileo roskellyae Gillespie 1997 [replaced name]
Full reference: A. K. Gillespie, M. Archer, and S. J. Hand. 2019. Lekaneleo , a new genus of marsupial lion (Marsupialia, Thylacoleonidae) from the Oligocene–Miocene of Australia, and the craniodental morphology of L. roskellyae , comb. nov. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 39(5):e1703722
Belongs to Lekaneleo according to A. K. Gillespie et al. 2019
See also Black et al. 2012
Sister taxa: none
Ecology: scansorial omnivore
Distribution: found only at Riversleigh, Upper site (Miocene to Miocene of Australia)
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