Wakaleo alcootaensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Vombatiformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cladus: Metatheria Clade: Marsupialiformes Cohors: Marsupialia Cladus: Australidelphia Cladus: Eomarsupialia Ordo: Diprotodontia Subordo: Vombatiformes

Familia: †Thylacoleonidae
Genus: †Wakaleo
Species: †Wakaleo alcootaensis

Name

Wakaleo alcootaensis Archer & Rich, 1982

Holotype: NTM P1

Type locality: "adjacent to Paine Quarry ... Waite Formation, cropping out on Alcoota Station, 110 km NE of Alice Springs in south central Northern Territory"; Australia. [Yates, 2015]

References

Primary references

• Archer, M. & Rich, T.H. 1982. Results of the Ray E. Lemley Expeditions. Wakaleo alcootaensis n. sp. (Thylacoleonidae: Marsupialia), a new marsupial lion from the Miocene of the Northern Territory, with a consideration of the early radiation of the family. Pp. 495–502. In Archer, M. (ed.) Carnivorous marsupials. Sydney: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Yates, A.M. 2015. New craniodental remains of Wakaleo alcootaensis (Diprotodontia: Thylacoleonidae) a carnivorous marsupial from the late Miocene Alcoota Local Fauna of the Northern Territory, Australia. PeerJ 3(11): e1408. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.1408 ResearchGate Reference page.