Thylacoleo carnifex

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Vombatiformes
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cladus: Metatheria Cladus: Marsupialiformes Cohors: Marsupialia Cladus: Australidelphia Cladus: Eomarsupialia Ordo: Diprotodontia Subordo: Vombatiformes

Familia: †Thylacoleonidae
Genus: †Thylacoleo
Species: †Thylacoleo carnifex

Name

Thylacoleo carnifex Owen, 1860: 309

Type locality: "eighty miles S.W. of Melbourne, Victoria"; Australia.

References

Primary references

Owen, R. "1859" [1860]. On the Fossil Mammals of Australia.—Part 1. Description of a mutilated Skull of a large Marsupial Carnivore (Thylacoleo carnifex, Owen), from a calcareous conglomerate stratum, eighty miles S.W. of Melbourne, Victoria. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society 149: 309–322. BHL Reference page.

Vernacular names

brezhoneg: Leon godellek
English: Marsupial Lion
français: Lion marsupial
galego: León marsupial
Bahasa Indonesia: Singa Marsupial
polski: Lew workowaty

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