Lekaneleo roskellyae Gillespie et al. 2019 (diprotodont marsupial)

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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