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Wakaleo

Osteichthyes - Diprotodontia - Thylacoleonidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Wakaleo Clemens and Plane p. 148
2019Wakaleo Gillespie et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
RankNameAuthor
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
Marsupialiformes
Marsupialia()
AustralidelphiaSzalay 1982
orderDiprotodontiaOwen 1866
suborderVombatiformesBurnett 1830
familyThylacoleonidaeGill 1872
genusWakaleo

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Wakaleo Clemens and Plane 1974
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Wakaleo alcootaensis Archer and Rich 1982
Wakaleo oldfieldi Clemens and Plane 1974
Wakaleo pitikantensis Rauscher 1987
Wakaleo schouteni Gillespie et al. 2019
Wakaleo vanderleueri Clemens and Plane 1974
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-07 09:16:13
Modified: 2011-04-27 20:22:07
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Clemens 1979, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Hopson 1973, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oligocene to the top of the Tortonian or 27.30000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Australia (South Australia) Priscileo pitikantensis (137261)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene27.3 - 15.98Australia (South Australia) W. oldfieldi (13313)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.04 - 15.98Australia (Queensland) W. sp. (183096)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63Australia (Queensland) W. oldfieldi (137790 154250 175732)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Australia (Queensland) W. oldfieldi (175729 175731)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Australia (Northern Territory) W. vanderleueri (137618)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Australia (Queensland) W. vanderleuri (68775)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Australia (Northern Territory) W. alacootaensis (135762)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Australia (Queensland) W. vanderleueri (175733)