Priscileo
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| Priscileo Fossil range: Oligocene - Early Miocene |
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Priscileo pitikantensis |
Priscileo ("Ancient Lion") was the basal-most genus of Thylacoleonidae. Fossils of species were found in Oligocene and Miocene strata of South Australia and Queensland. It was about the size of a possum and was less powerful than the other marsupial lions. The 2 species have crushing molar teeth (as in omnivorous kangaroos) as well as carnassial blades (large, flesh cutting teeth derived from the first lower molar and last upper molar). The Early Miocene species of P. roskellyae may have been an arboreal species.
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Wildlife of Gondwana, By Patricia Vickers-Rich and Thomas Hewett Rich 1993 ISBN 0-7301-0315-3 Reed.
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