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 |
| Binomial name | |
| Wakaleo vanderleueri | |
Wakaleo vanderleueri lived during the middle Miocene, approximately 21.6 million years ago. It has 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 the mandible intact.
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