Biology:Thylacoleo crassidentatus
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Short description: Extinct species of marsupial
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Diprotodontia |
| Family: | †Thylacoleonidae |
| Genus: | †Thylacoleo |
| Species: | †T. crassidentatus
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| Binomial name | |
| †Thylacoleo crassidentatus Bartholomai, 1962
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Thylacoleo crassidentatus is an extinct species of carnivorous marsupial. It lived during the Pliocene in Australia, approximately 5 million years ago and was about the size of a large dog.
Fossil material unearthed near the Shire of Chinchilla in Queensland had previously been recognised as a probable species of Thylacoleo, discussed by Jack T. Woods in 1956.[1] The discovery of further material, a fossilised mandible found in the same area, was described as Thylacoleo crassidentatus by Alan Bartholomai in 1962.[2]
Thylacoleo crassidentatus fossils have been found in southeastern Queensland.
References
- ↑ Woods, J. T. (1956). "The skull of Thylacoleo carnifex". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 13: 125--140. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/303455.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Bartholomai, Alan (1962). "A new species of Thylacoleo and notes on some caudal vertebrae of Palorchestes azael". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 14: 33–40. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/303461.
Wikidata ☰ Q12072738 entry
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