Microleo Gillespie et al. 2016 (diprotodont marsupial)

Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Thylacoleonidae

Full reference: A. K. Gillespie, M. Archer, and S. J. Hand. 2016. A tiny new marsupial lion (Marsupialia, Thylacoleonidae) from the early Miocene of Australia. Palaeontologia Electronica 19.2.26A:1-26

Parent taxon: Thylacoleonidae according to A. K. Gillespie et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Priscileo, Thylacoleo, Wakaleo

Subtaxa: Microleo attenboroughi

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Ecology: scansorial omnivore

Distribution: found only at Neville's Garden Site (Miocene of Australia)

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