Wakaleo vanderleueri

Wakaleo vanderleueri
Temporal range: Middle Miocene
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Diprotodontia
Family: Thylacoleonidae
Genus: Wakaleo
Species: W. vanderleueri
Binomial name
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.

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