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"Marsupial lion" redirects here. For the species Thylacoleo carnifex, see Marsupial Lion.
| Thylacoleonidae Temporal range: Late Oligocene - Pleistocene | |
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| Thylacoleo | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Diprotodontia |
| Family: | †Thylacoleonidae Gill, 1872 |
| Genera | |
Thylacoleonidae is a family of extinct meat-eating marsupials from Australia, referred to as marsupial lions. The best known is Thylacoleo carnifex, also called the Marsupial Lion. The clade 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 genera currently accepted as belonging to 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 vanderleueri (Middle—Upper Miocene)
- Genus †Wakaleo
- Subfamily Thylacoleoninae
References
- Werdelin, L. "Circumventing a Constraint - the Case of Thylacoleo (Marsupialia, Thylacoleonidae)". Australian Journal of Zoology. Retrieved 2008-06-03.
- Wroe, Stephen. "Move Over Sabre-Tooth Tiger". Australian Museum. Retrieved 2008-06-03.
- Haaramo, Mikko. "Diprotodontia - diprotodonts". Mikko's Phylogeny Archive. Retrieved 2007-12-29.
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