| Priscileo pitikantensis Temporal range: Late Oligocene–Middle Miocene |
|
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Diprotodontia |
| Family: | †Thylacoleonidae |
| Genus: | †Priscileo |
| Species: | †P. pitikantensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Priscileo pitikantensis |
|
Priscileo pitikantensis lived in Australia about 25 million years ago from the late Oligocene to middle Miocene and was approximately the size of a cat.
It is known only from a few post cranial bones found at Lake Pitakanta in northeastern south Australia and a poorly preserved maxillary fragment. To date P. pitikantensis is the oldest and most primitive of the Thylacoleonidae known