Enigmaleo
Appearance
Enigmaleo Temporal range:
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
Order: | Diprotodontia |
Family: | †Thylacoleonidae |
Genus: | †Enigmaleo |
Species: | †E. archeri
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Binomial name | |
†Enigmaleo archeri Gillespie, 2023
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Enigmaleo is an extinct genus of thylacoleonid that lived during the Early Miocene.
Distribution
[edit]Enimaleo archeri is known from the Riversleigh World Heritage Area in Queensland, Australia.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Gillespie, Anna K. (2 October 2023). "Two new marsupial lion taxa (Marsupialia, Thylacoleonidae) from the early and Middle Miocene of Australia". Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology. 47 (4): 506–521. doi:10.1080/03115518.2022.2152096. ISSN 0311-5518. Retrieved 29 May 2025 – via Taylor and Francis Online.