The short, tragic life of Leo the marsupial lion
By: by John Long ; with illustrations by Jill Ruse
Contributors: Ruse, Jill; Western Australian Museum
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Western Australian Museum
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Welshpool, W.A
Language: eng
Number of pages: 29
ISBN-13: 9781920843946
Subjects: Thylacoleo carnifex; Juvenile literature; Paleontology; Fossil Mammals; Taphonomy; Paléontologie; Ouvrages pour la jeunesse; Mammifères fossiles; Taphonomie; Pleistocene Geologic Epoch
Description: Leos remains were discovered in a remote cave on the Nullarbor Plain. He was a marsupial lion, Thylacoleo, one of Australias most extraordinary megafauna (extinct giant animals), thought to have lived approximately 500,000 years ago. This fascinating book recreates Leos life in the period leading up to his early and tragic death.