Microleo attenboroughi

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Vombatiformes
Template loop detected: Template:Taxonav Clade: Marsupialiformes Cohors: Marsupialia Cladus: Australidelphia Cladus: Eomarsupialia Ordo: Diprotodontia Subordo: Vombatiformes

Familia: †Thylacoleonidae
Genus: †Microleo
Species: †Microleo attenboroughi

Name edit

Microleo attenboroughi Gillespie, Archer & Hand, 2016

Holotype: QM F41143

Type locality: "Neville's Garden Site, D Site Plateau, Riversleigh World Heritage Area, Boodjamulla National Park, northwestern Queensland"; Australia.

Eponymy: Sir David Attenborough [Gillespie et al., 2016]

References edit

Primary references edit

Gillespie, A.K., Archer, M. & Hand, S.J. 2016. A tiny new marsupial lion (Marsupialia, Thylacoleonidae) from the early Miocene of Australia. Palaeontologia Electronica 19.2.26A: 1–26. DOI: 10.26879/632 ResearchGate Reference page.