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
Subordo: Cynodontia
Infraordo: Eucynodontia
Cladus: Probainognathia
Cladus: Prozostrodontia
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohors: Theria
Cohort: Metatheria
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. 
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