Priscileo Rauscher 1987 (diprotodont marsupial)

Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Thylacoleonidae

Full reference: B. Rauscher. 1987. Priscileo pitikantensis, a new genus and species of thylacoleonid marsupial (Marsupialia: Thylacoleonidae) from the Miocene Etaduma formation, South Australia. Possums and Opossums: Studies in Evolution 2:423-432

Parent taxon: Thylacoleonidae according to A. Gillespie 1997

See also Rauscher 1987

Sister taxa: Microleo, Thylacoleo, Wakaleo

Subtaxa: Priscileo roskellyae

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Ecology: scansorial omnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Priscileo in the database

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