Wakaleo vanderleueri
Wakaleo vanderleueri Temporal range: Middle Miocene | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
Order: | Diprotodontia |
Family: | †Thylacoleonidae |
Genus: | †Wakaleo |
Species: | †W. vanderleueri |
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Wakaleo vanderleueri | |
Wakaleo vanderleueri lived during the middle Miocene, approximately 21.6 million years ago. It’s been found in limestone deposits in Riversleigh.
The first fossil, a right dentary fragment was found in 1967 by a group of field workers in the northern territory at Bullock Creek. Since then more fossils have been recovered, including a well preserved near complete cranium with mandible.