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750: 806: 55: 3209: 608:). Individuals ranged up to around 75 cm (30 in) high at the shoulder and about 150 cm (59 in) from head to tail. Measurements taken from a number of specimens show they averaged 101 to 130 kg (223 to 287 lb) in weight, although individuals as large as 124–160 kg (273–353 lb) might not have been uncommon, and the largest weight was of 128–164 kg (282–362 lb). This would make it comparable to female lions and female 77: 3204: 625: 867:. This paper by Horton and Wright was able to counter earlier arguments that such marks were the result of humans, largely by pointing out the presence of similar marks on the opposite side of many bones. They concluded that humans were extremely unlikely to have made the marks in question, but that if so "they had set out to produce only marks consistent with what 720:
scans, marsupial lions were found to be unable to use the prolonged, suffocating bite typical of living big cats. They instead had an extremely efficient and unique bite; the incisors would have been used to stab at and pierce the flesh of their prey while the more specialised carnassials crushed
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Wroe, S; Myers, T. J; Wells, R. T; Gillespie, A (1999). "Estimating the weight of the Pleistocene marsupial lion, Thylacoleo carnifex (Thylacoleonidae:Marsupialia): Implications for the ecomorphology of a marsupial super-predator and hypotheses of impoverishment of Australian marsupial carnivore
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suggests that it fed in a similar manner to modern cheetahs, by using their sharp teeth to slice open the ribcage of their prey, thereby accessing the internal organs. They may have killed by using their front claws as either stabbing weapons or as a way to grab their prey with strangulation or
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were found in the 1830s in the Wellington Valley of New South Wales, though not recognised as such at the time. The generic holotype, consisting of broken teeth, jaws, and a skull was discovered by a pastoralist, William Avery, near Lake Colungolac from which the species
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Prideaux, Gavin J.; Long, John A.; Ayliffe, Linda K.; Hellstrom, John C.; Pillans, Brad; Boles, Walter E.; Hutchinson, Mark N.; Roberts, Richard G.; Cupper, Matthew L.; Arnold, Lee J.; Devine, Paul D.; Warburton, Natalie M. (January 2007).
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Alloing-Séguier, Léanie; Sánchez-Villagra, Marcelo R.; Lee, Michael S. Y.; Lebrun, Renaud (2013). "The Bony Labyrinth in Diprotodontian Marsupial Mammals: Diversity in Extant and Extinct Forms and Relationships with Size and Phylogeny".
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s retractable claws, something only found in mammalian carnivores, and its lack of any ability to chew plant material. In 1911, a study by Spencer and Walcott claimed that certain marks on the bones of megafauna had been made by
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in 1843 by pastoralist William Adeney. A partial rostrum collected by Adeney in 1876 from the same locality would later be found to belong to the same individual. It was not until 1966 that the first nearly-complete skeleton was
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could achieve as high a bite force as a modern-day lion; however, this might have been possible when taking into consideration the size of its brain and skull. Carnivores usually have rather large brains when compared to
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Hocknull, Scott A.; Lewis, Richard; Arnold, Lee J.; Pietsch, Tim; Joannes-Boyau, Renaud; Price, Gilbert J.; Moss, Patrick; Wood, Rachel; Dosseto, Anthony; Louys, Julien; Olley, Jon; Lawrence, Rochelle A. (2020-05-18).
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for a few decades. Though a few authors continued to hint at phalangeroid affinities for thylacoleonids as recently as the 1990s, cranial and other characters have generally led to their inclusion within
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The marsupial lion's limb proportions and muscle mass distribution indicate that, although it was a powerful animal, it was not a particularly fast runner. Paleontologists conjecture that it was an
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however, is thought to have had substantially stronger muscle attachments and therefore a smaller brain. Some later studies questioned the ability of the canine teeth to deliver a killing bite.
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analyzed by Gavin Prideaux et al. indicate marsupial lions could also climb rock faces, and likely reared their young in such caves as a way of protecting them from potential predators.
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The colloquial name "marsupial lion" alludes to the genus name, which was named after its superficial resemblance to the placental lion and its ecological niche as a large predator.
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teeth, with these teeth being present much further forwards in the jaw than in other mammals. Compared to earlier thyacoleonids, the third premolars were considerably enlarged.
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Besides the most common hypothesis that it was an active predator, a variety of other theories existed in the late 19th to early 20th centuries as to the diet and feeding of
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with the Diprotodonts, but still maintained that it was a carnivore, despite its herbivorous ancestry. Owen found little support in his lifetime, despite the pointing out of
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today). The climbing ability would have also helped them climb out of caves, which could therefore have been used as dens to rear their young. Specialised tail bones called
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strengthened the tail, likely allowing the animal to use it to prop itself up while rearing on its hind legs, which may have been done when climbing or attacking prey.
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are recognised, all extinct. The term marsupial lion (lower case) is often applied to other members of this family. Distinct possum-like characteristics led
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was first described by Richard Owen, he considered it to be a carnivore, based on the morphology of its skull and teeth. However other anatomists, such as
2398:"Differences in prey utilization by Pleistocene marsupial carnivores, Thylacoleo carnifex (Thylacoleonidae) and Thylacinus cynocephalus (Thylacinidae)" 1978: 3369: 659:. They also had true canines but they served little purpose as they were stubby and not very sharp. Compared to earlier thylacoleonids, the number of 3284: 2530: 2564: 1986: 1401:; Price, Gilbert J; Archer, Michael; Hand, Suzanne J (2014). "Bearing up well? Understanding the past, present and future of Australia's koalas". 764:
having a single very large retractable hooked claw set on large semi-opposable thumbs, which are suggested to have been used deal a killing blow.
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species (koalas and three species of wombat) have survived into modern times and are considered the marsupial lion's closest living relatives.
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The hind feet had four functional toes, the first digit being much reduced in size, but possessing a roughened pad similar to that of
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in a study published in the records of the South Australia Museum in 1977. The holotype is a third premolar, discovered at a cave in
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Wroe, Stephen; Myers, Troy; Seebacher, Frank; Kear, Ben; Gillespie, Anna; Crowther, Mathew; Salisbury, Steve (Summer 2003).
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The marsupial lion is classified in the order Diprotodontia along with many other well-known marsupials such as kangaroos,
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Horton, D. R.; Wright, R. V. S. (1981). "Cuts on Lancefield Bones: Carnivorous Thylacoleo, Not Humans, the Cause".
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based on dental remains are typically dubious, in contrast to estimates based on proximal limb bone circumference.
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and driving off less powerful predators from their kills. It also may have shared behaviours exhibited by recent
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marsupials such as kangaroos, like digging shallow holes under trees to reduce body temperature during the day.
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In 1981, another paper was published arguing that certain cuts to bones of large marsupials had been caused by
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of West Australia remains to be the greatest finding site. These fossils now reside at the Australian Museum.
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was an apex predator that primarily fed on large bodied prey, which may have included the large kangaroos
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Wells, Roderick T.; Murray, Peter F.; Bourne, Steven J. (2009). "Pedal morphology of the marsupial lion
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in South Australia, exhibiting the carnivorous characteristics of the genus and around half the size of
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region is relatively rigid and straight, and suggests that the lower back was relatively inflexible.
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possibly climbed trees and perhaps carried carcasses to keep the kill for itself (similar to the
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could hunt and take prey much larger than itself. Larger animals that were likely prey include
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marsupials, which lessens the amount of bone that can be devoted to enhancing bite force.
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weighing 101 kg (223 lb) had a bite comparable to that of a 250 kg African
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forms ranging in size from 3 kg to 2.5 tonnes. Only two families represented by four
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inhabited open, arid environments similar to those found across much of Australia today.
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Wells, R.T.; Murray, P.F.; Bourne, S.J. (2009). "Pedal morphology of the marsupial lion
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with the Diprotodonts, noting its skull and teeth to be laid out more like those of the
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as well as possibly the largest Australian marsupial, the rhinoceros-sized vombatoid
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The Beagle: Occasional Papers of the Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences
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Prehistoric Mammals of Australia and New Guinea - 100 million Years of Evolution
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honours the collector of the first specimen. Material found amidst the fauna at
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in the upper and lower jaws, which functioned analogously to other carnivores
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were small possum-like animals, with the group increasing in size during the
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The genus was first published in 1859, erected to describe the type species
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is thought to have become extinct around 40,000 years ago as part of the
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had highly mobile and powerful forelimbs used to grapple prey, with each
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would produce". Since then, the academic consensus has emerged that
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New study finds no evidence for theory humans wiped out megafauna
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Science Reports of the Tohoku University. Second Series, Geology
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Trace fossils in the form of claw marks and bones from caves in
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known to have ever existed in Australia, and one of the largest
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is thought to be terrestrial with some climbing capabilities.
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Fossils of other representatives of Thylacoleonidae, such as
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Long, J.A., Archer, M., Flannery, T. & Hand, S. (2002).
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within Australian ecosystems. The largest and last species,
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Like many predators, it was probably also an opportunistic
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teeth in the upper and lower jaws, that functioned as the
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Arman, Samuel D.; Prideaux, Gavin J. (15 February 2016).
1870:"Thylacoleo carnifex, ancient Australia's marsupial lion" 1120:
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London
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Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
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Analysis of finds on the Nullabor Palin suggests that
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Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology
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Its strong forelimbs and retracting claws mean that
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Flower was the first to place 514:, as well as extinct members such as the 1448:. Springer Verlag. pp. 1040, 1047. 347:The holotype cranium was collected from 2207: 2205: 2203: 2045: 2043: 999: 522:. The group first appeared in the Late 418:in New South Wales, dated to the early 376:. It is the oldest member of the genus. 1284: 1260:Records of the South Australian Museum 980:Late Pleistocene megafauna extinctions 437:. It is further classified in its own 2190:"Thylacoleo: Herbivore or Carnivore?" 1736: 1734: 1642: 1640: 1563: 1561: 1358:Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 1116:"XV. On the affinities of thylacoleo" 875:was a predator and a hypercarnivore. 7: 2339:"Marsupial lion 'could climb trees'" 1079: 1077: 1306:Flannery, T.F.; Archer, M. (1984). 526:. 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(25 February 1973). 288:fossil findings, discovered by 1844:"Discovery and Interpretation" 1010:Journal of Mammalian Evolution 674:species, living or extinct; a 670:had the strongest bite of any 1: 3405:Fossil taxa described in 1859 3385:Pleistocene genus extinctions 2313:Tyndale-Biscoe, Hugh (2005). 1767:10.1080/03115518.2022.2152096 1653:Australian Journal of Zoology 1571:Australian Journal of Zoology 1536:10.1080/02724634.2019.1703722 682:, and research suggests that 457:to be regarded as members of 272:, approached the weight of a 3395:Prehistoric marsupial genera 2513:- Australia's Marsupial Lion 2317:. Collingwood, Vic.: CSIRO. 2153:10.1371/journal.pone.0208020 1454:10.1007/978-90-481-3428-1_35 971:Late Pleistocene extinctions 925:A 1985 study suggested that 753:Skeleton at Naracoorte Caves 264:, occupying the position of 2531:Western Australian Museum: 1633:– via Cambridge Core. 1370:10.1016/j.ympev.2004.05.004 1329:Pledge, Neville S. (1992). 696:. It seems improbable that 635:Like other thylacoleonids, 27:Extinct genus of marsupials 3426: 3400:Taxa named by Richard Owen 2462:10.1038/s41467-020-15785-w 2396:Case, J. A. (1985-01-01). 1483:Palaeontologia Electronica 1221:Bartholomai, Alan (1962). 968: 729:, and lacerated the major 602:species, but smaller than 547:first appeared during the 498:are believed to have been 3200: 2871: 2776: 2616: 2612: 2580: 1022:10.1007/s10914-013-9228-3 718:X-ray computed tomography 356:Thylacoleo crassidentatus 202: 197: 186: 179: 72:Scientific classification 70: 61: 52: 34: 3365:Prehistoric vombatiforms 2521:in Pleistocene Australia 1423:10.1016/j.gr.2013.12.008 1312:The Australian Zoologist 559:and the thylacoleonids, 3390:Carnivorous marsupials 3380:Pleistocene marsupials 2266:10.5962/bhl.part.28646 2247:De Vis, C. W. (1883). 2214:Archaeology in Oceania 1707:10.1098/rspb.2004.2986 1352:Naish, Darren (2004). 1133:10.1098/rstl.1883.0015 1060:10.1098/rstl.1859.0016 988:Indigenous Australians 813: 754: 632: 374:T. crassidentatus 3337:Paleobiology Database 2442:Nature Communications 2280:Anderson, C. (1929). 1198:Woods, J. T. (1956). 1086:"Thylacoleo carnifex" 808: 752: 639:had blade-like third 627: 605:Proborhyaena gigantea 233:("pouch lion") is an 40:Temporal range: late 2535:- a voracious hunter 2402:Australian Mammalogy 2026:10.1671/039.029.0424 1822:10.1671/039.029.0424 1647:Werdelin, L (1988). 984:Australian megafauna 822:William Henry Flower 809:Life restoration of 62:Skeletal diagram of 3375:Pliocene marsupials 2454:2020NatCo..11.2250H 2375:10.1038/nature05471 2144:2018PLoSO..1308020W 2126:Thylacoleo carnifex 2068:2016NatSR...621372A 2018:2009JVPal..29.1335W 2002:Thylacoleo carnifex 1930:10.1017/pab.2015.55 1922:2016Pbio...42..508F 1814:2009JVPal..29.1335W 1798:Thylacoleo carnifex 1759:2023Alch...47..506G 1528:2019JVPal..39E3722G 1415:2014GondR..25.1186B 1169:Owen (Marsupialia)" 1167:Thylacoleo carnifex 927:Thylacoleo carnifex 920:Thylacoleo carnifex 811:Thylacoleo carnifex 663:teeth was reduced. 630:Thylacoleo carnifex 345:Thylacoleo carnifex 310:Thylacoleo carnifex 295:Thylacoleo carnifex 270:Thylacoleo carnifex 190:Thylacoleo carnifex 2315:Life of marsupials 2056:Scientific Reports 1967:, 17 January 2008. 1252:"A new species of 814: 755: 633: 3352: 3351: 3324:Open Tree of Life 3225:Taxon identifiers 3216: 3215: 3198: 3197: 3194: 3193: 3190: 3189: 2987: 2986: 2761: 2760: 2369:(7126): 422–425. 2324:978-0-643-09220-4 2076:10.1038/srep21372 1989:on 17 April 2009. 1701:(1563): 619–625. 1665:10.1071/ZO9880565 1463:978-90-481-3427-4 1403:Gondwana Research 1126:: 575–582. 1883. 1090:Australian Museum 1054:: 309–322. 1859. 913:Western Australia 666:Pound for pound, 494:The ancestors of 445:, of which three 398:was described by 358:lived during the 297:was described by 226: 225: 213:T. crassidentatus 175: 16:(Redirected from 3417: 3345: 3344: 3332: 3331: 3319: 3318: 3306: 3305: 3293: 3292: 3280: 3279: 3267: 3266: 3265: 3252: 3251: 3250: 3220: 3211: 3206: 3001: 2996:Diprotodontoidea 2994: 2975: 2958: 2951:Rhizophascolonus 2948: 2938: 2928: 2918: 2888: 2877: 2869: 2828: 2798: 2782: 2774: 2749: 2732: 2722: 2712: 2702: 2692: 2682: 2623: 2618: 2614: 2567: 2560: 2553: 2544: 2492: 2491: 2481: 2432: 2426: 2425: 2393: 2387: 2386: 2353: 2347: 2346: 2335: 2329: 2328: 2310: 2304: 2303: 2301: 2277: 2271: 2270: 2268: 2244: 2238: 2237: 2209: 2198: 2197: 2185: 2176: 2175: 2165: 2155: 2138:(12): e0208020. 2119: 2106: 2105: 2087: 2047: 2038: 2037: 2012:(4): 1335–1340. 1997: 1991: 1990: 1985:. 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Marsupial lion
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Pleistocene

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Eukaryota
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Marsupialia
Diprotodontia
Thylacoleonidae
Thylacoleo
Owen
Type species
extinct
genus
marsupials
Australia
Pliocene
Late Pleistocene
Thylacoleonidae
apex predator
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Nullarbor Plain
Richard Owen
Thylacoleonidae

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