Thylacoleonidae

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

The Thylacoleonidae are 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 large as a leopard.

Classification

Three genera are 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)

See also

Thylacinidae

References