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Wakaleo

Description

Wakaleo (indigenous Australian waka, "little", "small", and Latin leo, "lion") was a genus of medium-sized thylacoleonids that lived in Australia in the late Oligocene and Miocene epochs. Although much smaller than its close relative, the marsupial lion (Thylacoleo carnifex), Wakaleo would have been a successful hunter in its time. It had teeth specially designed for cutting and stabbing. The genus is from an extinct family of Vombatiformes, so distantly related to the herbivorous wombats.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4826094https://www.gbif.org/species/4826094
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)94075https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=94075
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Diprotodontia : Thylacoleonidae : Wakaleo
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SynapsidaOsborn 1903
-Therapsida
infraorderCynodontia
-EpicynodontiaHopson and Kitching 2001
infraorderEucynodontiaKemp 1982
-ProbainognathiaHopson 1990
-MammaliamorphaRowe 1988
-MammaliaformesRowe 1988
classMammaliaLinnaeus 1758
-Theriamorpha
-Theriiformes
-TrechnotheriaMcKenna 1975
-CladotheriaMcKenna 1975
-Boreosphenida
subclassTheriaParker and Haswell 1897
subclassMetatheria
-Marsupialia
-AustralidelphiaSzalay 1982
orderDiprotodontiaOwen 1866
familyThylacoleonidaeGill 1872
genusWakaleoClemens & Plane 2017
Scientific NameWakaleo Clemens & Plane, 2017
Name Published InGillespie, Anna K., Michael Archer & Suzanne J. Hand. 2017. A new Oligo–Miocene marsupial lion from Australia and revision of the family Thylacoleonidae. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology.
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Wakaleogenusbelongs to ThylacoleonidaeimpliedClemens and Plane, 1974
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)4
First Recorded Appearance28.4 - 16.0 Ma
Cenozoic
Last Recorded Appearance11.6 - 5.3 Ma
Miocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Mammalia)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietomnivore (based on Marsupialia)
Reproductionviviparous (based on Theria)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)W. A. Clemens and M. Plane. 1974. Mid'Tertiary Thylacoleonidae (Marsupialia, Mammalia). Journal of Paleontology 48(4):652-660
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wakaleo

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Wakaleo alcootaensis
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Wakaleo oldfieldi
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
628.4 Ma
Oligocene
16.0 Ma
Miocene
Wakaleo vanderleueri
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
316.0 Ma
Miocene
11.6 Ma
Miocene
Wakaleo vanderleveri
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1974Wakaleo Clemens and Plane p. 148

References

Clemens W. A., Plane M. (1974) Mid'Tertiary Thylacoleonidae (Marsupialia, Mammalia), Journal of Paleontology 48 4, 652-660
SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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