Paleontologist Anna Gillespie and colleagues named this new species of "marsupial lion" from a nearly-complete skull and additional postcranial … This meat-eating marsupial is estimated to have been … It was the size of a small dog, and would have weighed about 23 kg. Australian scientists have discovered a new species of marsupial lion with a 'gigantic thumb claw' that went extinct 19 million years ago. A team of Australian scientists has discovered a new species of marsupial lion which has been extinct for at least 19 million years. Introduction. Skull of the marsupial lion species newly discovered in Queensland: Wakaleo schouteni Credit: Anna Gillespie To be clear, the marsupial lion was not a member of, or precursor of, the felidae. Around 23 million years ago, a marsupial lion once roamed the vast forest habitats of Australia and scientists have only recently just discovered their fossils. The species named 'Wakaleo schouteni' was a predator that stalked Australia's rain forests some 18 to 26 million years ago in the late Oligocene to early Miocene era.
The description of the species was published in 2017, the collaborating authors Anna Gillespie, Mike Archer and Suzanne Hand working on the PANGEA research project based at the University of New South Wales. Taxonomy. About the Lion.
The species named 'Wakaleo schouteni' was a predator that stalked Australia's rain forests some 18 to 26 million years ago in the late Oligocene to early Miocene era.
But given the dental similarity to the newly discovered marsupial lion, the P. pitikantensis has …
Wakaleo schouteni Reconstruction of Wakaleo schouteni challenging the thylacinid Nimbacinus dicksoni over a kangaroo carcass in the late Oligocene for The newly-discovered marsupial lion, named Wakaleo schouteni, was the size of a dog and weighed around 23 kg.
Ever wondered what a cross between a lion and a giant beaver would look like? In the late Oligocene, which ended about 23 million years ago as the Miocene arrived, a marsupial lion, Wakaleo schouteni, roamed Australia's open forest habitat in northwestern Queensland, stalking its prey.
The second species, Wakaleo pitikantensis, was slightly smaller and was identified from teeth and limb bones discovered near Lake Pitikanta in South Australia in 1961. FOSSILS BELONGING to an extinct marsupial lion have been discovered in the Riversleigh World Heritage Area (RWHA) in north-west Queensland, giving new insight into the ancient genus Wakaleo.
Paleontologists have discovered a new species of carnivorous marsupial lion that lived 26 to 18 million years ago (late Oligocene to early Miocene) in Australia’s rainforests.
OPINION: My colleagues and I have discovered a new species of marsupial lion, Wakaleo schouteni, from the Riversleigh World Heritage Area in north-west Queensland.The species was the size of a Collie dog and weighed about 23 kilograms. Wakaleo schouteni Location: Australia.