In Depth
Lekaneleo is a genus of thylacoleonid marsupial that lived in Australia during the Miocene period. Lekaneleo is a relative of the better known Thylacoleo, and like Thylacoleo, Lekaneleo would have been a powerful predator.
Further Reading
- Priscileo roskellyae sp. nov. (Thylacoleonidae, Marsupialia) from the Oligocene-Miocene of Riversleigh, northwestern Queensland. - Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 41: 321–327. - A. Gillespie - 1997. - 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. - Anna K. Gillespie, Michael Archer & Suzanne J. Hand - 2020.
