Enigmaleo

Enigmaleo
Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Diprotodontia
Family: †Thylacoleonidae
Genus: †Enigmaleo
Species:
†E. archeri
Binomial name
†Enigmaleo archeri
Gillespie, 2023

Enigmaleo is an extinct genus of carnivorous marsupial from northeast Australia. The genus contains a single species, E. archeri, known from an isolated premolar. It is the fourth thylacoleonid found from Early Miocene-aged deposits. This species is closely related to the diminutive Microleo.

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