Thylacoleonidae

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"Marsupial lion" redirects here. For the species Thylacoleo carnifex, see Marsupial Lion.

Thylacoleonidae
Fossil range: Late Oligocene - Pleistocene

Thylacoleo

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Marsupialia
Order:	Diprotodontia
Family:	†Thylacoleonidae Gill, 1872

Genera

Thylacoleonidae is 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 big as a leopard.

Classification

There are three genera 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)