Talk:Thylacoleo
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[edit] Merger proposal
We should merge Marsupial Lion with either this page, or Thylacoleonidae.--Mr Fink 15:38, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
- Neither. Marsupial Lion is about one species, which is a member of the genus Thylacoleo, which is in the family Thylacoleonidae. Marsupial lion, though, can properly redirect to either the genus or the family, and in fact it already is redirected to the family. - UtherSRG (talk) 16:54, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
- I tend to agree with Mr Fink. This page seems less about the genus and more about the species T. carnifex, particularly in the description, where it claims "Pound for pound, Thylacoleo had the strongest bite of any mammal species living or extinct; a 100 kg (220 lb) Thylacoleo had a bite comparable to that of a 250 kg (550 lb) African Lion and is thought to have hunted large animals such as diprotodonts and giant kangaroos." Now, that's true for the case of T. carnifex, but not others, such as T. crassidentatus, which was about the size of a dog, and T. hilli who was smaller again. I'll also point out that giant kangaroos were diprotodonts. T.carnifex (talk) 07:35, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
- Since multiple species have been referenced in the taxobox, this article does need to remain in existence. Marsupial Lion should contain all information about that species, whereas this page should only include information common to all species. The solution is to remove only the information that is species-specific, and move that to the appropriate page-- even if it means creating new pages. Bob the Wikipedian (talk) 14:36, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
- I'm mostly in agreement. We don't need to move all of the species specific info, if such info is written in a manner conducive to a genus-level article. - UtherSRG (talk) 19:23, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
- I've come around to agree with UtherSRG. It should also be more clear, when the Thylacoleo page does make species specific references, which species is being referred to.T.carnifex (talk) 06:43, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
- I'm mostly in agreement. We don't need to move all of the species specific info, if such info is written in a manner conducive to a genus-level article. - UtherSRG (talk) 19:23, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
- Since multiple species have been referenced in the taxobox, this article does need to remain in existence. Marsupial Lion should contain all information about that species, whereas this page should only include information common to all species. The solution is to remove only the information that is species-specific, and move that to the appropriate page-- even if it means creating new pages. Bob the Wikipedian (talk) 14:36, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
- I tend to agree with Mr Fink. This page seems less about the genus and more about the species T. carnifex, particularly in the description, where it claims "Pound for pound, Thylacoleo had the strongest bite of any mammal species living or extinct; a 100 kg (220 lb) Thylacoleo had a bite comparable to that of a 250 kg (550 lb) African Lion and is thought to have hunted large animals such as diprotodonts and giant kangaroos." Now, that's true for the case of T. carnifex, but not others, such as T. crassidentatus, which was about the size of a dog, and T. hilli who was smaller again. I'll also point out that giant kangaroos were diprotodonts. T.carnifex (talk) 07:35, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Photograph added, others available
I've added a photograph of a skeleton of the Marsupial Lion to that page, which could also be used here. I have a few other photographs of the skeletons in the Naracoorte Caves which I can also upload if they seem worthwhile, but I think this is the best one. There's a link to the photos on the Naracoorte page. Karora 10:36, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
