Thylacoleonidae

"Marsupial lion" redirects here. For the species Thylacoleo carnifex, see Marsupial Lion.

Thylacoleonidae Temporal range: Late Oligocene–Pleistocene PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
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.^[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.

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)

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

References

1. ^ 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. 
2. ^ Wroe, Stephen. "Move Over Sabre-Tooth Tiger". Australian Museum. http://www.austmus.gov.au/mammals/fossil/move_over_sabre.htm. Retrieved 2008-06-03. 
3. ^ 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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