Wakaleo alcootaensis
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Wakaleo alcootaensis lived during the late Miocene
, approximately 10 million years ago and was about the size of a dog.
It has been found in Alcoota
in the northern territory and is known from a single fossil maxilla fragment found in 1974 by Dr. Michael Archer.
Miocene
The Miocene is a geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about . The Miocene was named by Sir Charles Lyell. Its name comes from the Greek words and and means "less recent" because it has 18% fewer modern sea invertebrates than the Pliocene. The Miocene follows the Oligocene...
, approximately 10 million years ago and was about the size of a dog.
It has been found in Alcoota
Alcoota
The Alcoota Fossil Beds are an important paleontological site located on Alcoota Station in Central Australia, 200km north-east of Alice Springs. It is notable for the occurrence of well-preserved, rare, Tertiary vertebrate fossils, which provide evidence of the evolution of the Northern...
in the northern territory and is known from a single fossil maxilla fragment found in 1974 by Dr. Michael Archer.