Thylacoleo
Taxonavigation
editFamilia: †Thylacoleonidae
Genus: †Thylacoleo
Species: †T. carnifex – †T. crassidentatus – †T. hilli
Name
editEtymology: "Marsupial or Pouched Lion ... From θύλακος, marsupium; λέων, leo" [Owen, 1859: 321]
References
editPrimary references
edit- 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
edit日本語: ティラコレオ属