| 词条 | Wakaleo vanderleuri |
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| name = Wakaleo vanderleuri | fossil_range = {{Fossil range|Miocene}} | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Chordata | infraclassis = Marsupialia | ordo = Diprotodontia | familia = †Thylacoleonidae | genus = †Wakaleo | species = †W. vanderleuri | binomial = †Wakaleo vanderleuri | binomial_authority = Clemens & Plane, 1974 }}Wakaleo vanderleuri is a species of marsupial lion of the genus Wakaleo, that lived in Australia during the Miocene (about 16 to 10{{nbsp}}million years ago). Being a marsupial, it is not closely related to true cats; its closest living relatives are wombats and the koala. This diprotodont is hypothesized to have been an omnivore, eating significant amounts of meat, perhaps more like a bear in diet and habit than like an actual lion. It lacked large canine-like fangs, producing some controversy regarding just how much it actually preyed on living animals. The meat-eating hypothesis is based largely upon the morphology of its molar teeth. The species is believed to have been able to hunt by leaping from trees onto its prey.[1] The type species fossils were originally found in the Bullock Creek (Northern Territory) area. It has been found in limestone deposits in Riversleigh. The first fossil, a right dentary fragment, was found in 1967 by a group of field workers at Bullock Creek in the Northern Territory. Since then more fossils have been recovered, including a well-preserved near-complete cranium with the mandible intact. References1. ^{{cite book| last = Ellis| first = Richard| authorlink = Richard Ellis (biologist) | title = No Turning Back: The Life and Death of Animal Species| publisher = Harper Perennial | year = 2004| location = New York| isbn =0-06-055804-0| page = 101 }} External links
3 : Prehistoric diprotodonts|Miocene mammals of Australia|Miocene marsupials |
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