Wakaleo
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Clade: Marsupialiformes |
Familia: †Thylacoleonidae
Genus: †Wakaleo
Species: †W. alcootaensis – †W. oldfieldi – †W. pitikantensis – †W. schouteni – †W. vanderleueri
Name[edit]
Wakaleo Clemens & Plane, 1974: 653
Type species: Wakaleo oldfieldi [Clemens & Plane, 1974: 654]
Synonymy[edit]
Etymology: "Waka, Dieri aboriginal dialect, small or little; Leo, Latin, lion" [Clemens & Plane, 1974: 654]
References[edit]
Primary references[edit]
- Clemens, W.A. & Plane, M. 1974. Mid-Tertiary Thylacoleonidae (Marsupialia, Mammalia). Journal of Paleontology 48(4): 652–660. JSTOR Reference page.
- Rauscher, B. 1987. Priscileo pitikantensis, a new genus and species of thylacoleonid marsupial (Marsupialia: Thylacoleonidae) from the Miocene Etaduma formation, South Australia. Pp. 423–432. In Archer, M. (ed.) Possums and Opossums: Studies in Evolution II. ISBN 978-0-949-32405-4 Reference page.
- Gillespie, A.K., Archer, M. & Hand, S.J. 2017. A new Oligo–Miocene marsupial lion from Australia and revision of the family Thylacoleonidae. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 17(1): 59–89. DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2017.1391885 ResearchGate Reference page.