Lekaneleo
Extinct species of marsupial / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lekaneleo roskellyae is a fossil species of carnivorous marsupial that existed during the early Miocene in Australia. Once allied to the type species of the genus Priscileo, later placed as Wakaleo pitikantensis, "Priscileo" roskellyae was subsequently transferred to its own genus Lekaneleo.
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Lekaneleo | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
Order: | Diprotodontia |
Family: | †Thylacoleonidae |
Genus: | †Lekaneleo |
Species: | †L. roskellyae |
Binomial name | |
†Lekaneleo roskellyae (Gillespie 1997)[1] | |
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