Lekaneleo

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 Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Metatheria Cladus: Marsupialiformes Infraclassis: Marsupialia Cladus: Australidelphia Cladus: Eomarsupialia Ordo: Diprotodontia Subordo: Vombatiformes

Familia: †Thylacoleonidae
Genus: †Lekaneleo
Species: †L. roskellyae

Name

Lekaneleo Gillespie, Archer & Hand, 2020

Type species: Lekaneleo roskellyae [Gillespie et al., 2019]

Gender: feminine

Etymology: "'lekane' is derived from Greek meaning 'basin' and refers to the broad talonid basins present on the lower molars; 'leo' ... is Latin for 'lion'" [Gillespie et al., 2019]

References

Primary references

• Gillespie, A.K., Archer, M. & Hand, S.J. "2019" [2020]. Lekaneleo, a new genus of marsupial lion (Marsupialia, Thylacoleonidae) from the Oligocene–Miocene of Australia, and the craniodental morphology of L. roskellyae, comb. nov. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 39(5): e1703722-2. DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2019.1703722 ResearchGate Reference page.