Microleo

Microleo; Temporal range: Early Miocene PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
	artist's reconstruction
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Marsupialia
Order:	Diprotodontia
Family:	†Thylacoleonidae
Genus:	†Microleo
Species:	M. attenboroughi
Binomial name
	Microleo attenboroughi; Gillespie, et al 2016

Microleo attenboroughi is a very small species of marsupial lion from the Early Miocene of Australia, about 18 million years ago.^[1] M. attenboroughi is currently known from a broken palate containing an incomplete row of cheekteeth diagnostic found in other species of thylacoleonids found in the Early Miocene-aged area of the Riversleigh World Heritage Site, in Queensland. The anatomy of Microleo suggests it is one of the basalmost of all thylacoleonids.^[1]

References

1 2 Gillespie, Anna K.; Archer, Michael; Hand, Suzanne J. (2016). "A tiny new marsupial lion (Marsupialia, Thylacoleonidae) from the early Miocene of Australia" (PDF). Palaeontologia Electronica. Palaeontological Association. 19 (2.26A): 1–26. Retrieved 29 August 2016.

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[GillespieEtAL2016-1] 1 2 Gillespie, Anna K.; Archer, Michael; Hand, Suzanne J. (2016). "A tiny new marsupial lion (Marsupialia, Thylacoleonidae) from the early Miocene of Australia" (PDF). Palaeontologia Electronica. Palaeontological Association. 19 (2.26A): 1–26. Retrieved 29 August 2016.