Biology of Australia

The fauna of Australia

There are 3 known species in this genus:

• Thylacoleo carnifex - Pleistocene
•     T. crassidentatus - Pliocene
•     T. hilli - Pliocene

See Riversleigh Marsupial Lions

Links

1. The Age of the Megafauna
2. Australian Beasts
3. Queensland Marsupial lion
4. Thylacoleo carnifex fossils

5. Cave Painting Depicts Extinct Marsupial Lion

6. Marsupial lion found in Aboriginal rock art

Sources & Further reading

1. Michael Archer, Suzanne J. Hand & Henk Godthelp, Australia's Lost World: Riversleigh, world heritage Site, Reed New Holland
2. Chris Johnson, Australia's Mammal Extinctions, a 50,000 year history, Cambridge University Press, 2006
3. Josephine Flood, Archaeology of the Dreamtime, JB Publications, 2004

• Fossil Sites
• Perameloids
• Murgon Fossil Site
• Riversleigh Fossil Site
• Marsupial vs Placental
• Marsupial Megafauna
• Monotremes
• Bandicoots
• Thingodontans
• Red Kangaroo
• Dasyuridae
• Thylacinidae
• Thylacoleonids