Thylacoleo

Translingual

†Thylacoleo carnifex

Etymology

From Ancient Greek θύλακος (thúlakos, “pouch, sack”) + Latin leo (“lion”).

Proper noun

†Thylacoleo m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Thylacoleonidae – extinct carnivorous marsupials that lived in Australia from the late Pliocene to the late Pleistocene (2 million to 46 thousand years ago).

Hyponyms

• (genus): Thylacoleo carnifex (type species)
  • Thylacoleo crassidentatus, Thylacoleo hilli (other species)

References

• Thylacoleo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Thylacoleo on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Thylacoleo on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons