Thylacoleonidae
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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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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Diprotodontia |
| Family: | †Thylacoleonidae Gill, 1872 |
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Thylacoleonidae is a family of extinct meat-eating marsupials from Australia, referred to as marsupial lions.[1] The best known is Thylacoleo carnifex, also called the Marsupial Lion.[2] 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.
[edit] Classification
There are three genera currently accepted as belonging to this family.[3]
- 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
[edit] References
- ^ Werdelin, L (1988). "Circumventing a Constraint - the Case of Thylacoleo (Marsupialia, Thylacoleonidae)". Australian Journal of Zoology 36 (5): 565. doi:10.1071/ZO9880565. http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/ZO9880565.htm. Retrieved 2008-06-03.
- ^ Wroe, Stephen. "Move Over Sabre-Tooth Tiger". Australian Museum. http://www.austmus.gov.au/mammals/fossil/move_over_sabre.htm. Retrieved 2008-06-03.
- ^ Haaramo, Mikko. "Diprotodontia - diprotodonts". Mikko's Phylogeny Archive. http://www.helsinki.fi/~mhaaramo/metazoa/deuterostoma/chordata/synapsida/metatheria/notometatheria/diprotodontia/diprotodontia.html. Retrieved 2007-12-29.
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