†Microleo attenboroughi Gillespie et al. 2016 (diprotodont marsupial)
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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
Belongs to Microleo according to A. K. Gillespie et al. 2016
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: QM F41143, a partial skull (an incomplete palate consisting of partial left and right maxillae). Its type locality is Neville's Garden Site, which is in a Burdigalian terrestrial horizon in Australia.
Ecology: scansorial omnivore
Distribution: found only at Neville's Garden Site
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