-
distinctive feature of
thylacoleonids is
their unusual blade-like
third premolars,
which functioned as the carn****ial teeth.
Thylacoleonids varied widely in...
- "small"; and
Latin leo, "lion") is an
extinct genus of medium-sized
thylacoleonids that
lived in
Australia in the Late
Oligocene and
Miocene Epochs. Although...
-
representative of
Thylacoleo and the
thylacoleonids, T. carnifex, is the
largest known member of the family. The
earliest thylacoleonids are
thought to have been...
-
presence of
several marsupial predators, such as the
dasyuromorphs and
thylacoleonids. From the
Miocene to the present, the
dominant carnivorous mammals have...
-
teeth and
roots that
correspond to
those found in
other species of
thylacoleonids. The
shape and
structure of the blade-like P3 tooth, a premolar, distinguished...
-
including extinct kangaroos (such as
Ekaltadeta and Propleopus) and
thylacoleonids, and some
members of the
partially extinct clade Metatheria and all...
-
adaptations from the
mainstream herbivorous lifestyle. The
extinct thylacoleonids ("marsupial lions") are the only
known group to have
exhibited carnivory...
- do
converge on hyaenodontids, oxyaenids, carnivorans, dasyuromorphs,
thylacoleonids and spar****odonts in many
details of
their dental anatomy, suggesting...
- Thylacosmilus,
which was the size of a leopard.
Along with the
Australian thylacoleonids, spar****odonts
include some of the
largest metatherian carnivores. Spar****odonts...
-
Bernard (2001). "Frederick
McCoy - the
Challenge of
Interpretation of
Thylacoleonid Fossil Material". The
Victorian Naturalist. 118 (6).
Field Naturalists...
