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Thylacoleonidae Temporal range: Late Oligocene - Pleistocene

Thylacoleo
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Marsupialia
Order:	Diprotodontia
Family:	†Thylacoleonidae Gill, 1872
Genera
Priscileo Wakaleo Thylacoleo

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)

Subfamily Thylacoleoninae
- Genus †Thylacoleo
  - †Thylacoleo carnifex (Pleistocene)
  - †Thylacoleo crassidentatus (Pliocene)
  - †Thylacoleo hilli (Pliocene)

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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