†Wakaleo Clemens and Plane 1974 (diprotodont marsupial)
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Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Thylacoleonidae
Full reference: W. A. Clemens and M. Plane. 1974. Mid'Tertiary Thylacoleonidae (Marsupialia, Mammalia). Journal of Paleontology 48(4):652-660
Parent taxon: Thylacoleonidae according to A. K. Gillespie et al. 2019
See also Clemens and Plane 1974
Sister taxa: Microleo, Priscileo, Thylacoleo
Subtaxa: Wakaleo alcootaensis Wakaleo oldfieldi Wakaleo pitikantensis Wakaleo schouteni Wakaleo vanderleueri
Type: Wakaleo oldfieldi
Ecology: scansorial omnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Australia (10 collections)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (1)
• Oligocene of Australia (1)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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