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| Marsupial lions Temporal range: Late Oligocene to Pleistocene | |
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| Thylacoleo | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Diprotodontia |
| Family: | †Thylacoleonidae |
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All extinct, see text | |
Thylacoleonidae is a group of extinct meat-eating marsupials from Australia often called marsupial lions. The best-known is Thylacoleo carnifex, also called the Marsupial Lion. The family ranged from the Late-Oligocene to the Pleistocene, with some species the size of a possum and others as big as a leopard.
Classification
There are three species in this family.
- Genus †Priscileo
- †Priscileo pitikantensis (Upper-Oligocene)
- †Priscileo roskellyae (Middle-Miocene)
- Subfamily Wakaleoninae
- Genus †Wakaleo
- †Wakaleo alcootaensis (Upper-Miocene)
- †Wakaleo oldfieldi (Lower—Upper-Miocene)
- †Wakaleo vanderleuri (Middle—Upper Miocene)
- Genus †Wakaleo
- Subfamily Thylacoleoninae
References
- "Mikko's Phylogeny Archive - Diprotodontia - diprotodonts". Retrieved 2007-12-29.
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