†family Thylacoleonidae Gill 1872 (diprotodont marsupial)

Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Thylacoleonidae

Alternative spelling: Thylacoleontidae

Parent taxon: Vombatiformes according to R. M. D. Beck et al. 2020

See also Cope 1889, Dawson et al. 1999, Gadow 1898, Gillespie et al. 2016, Gillespie et al. 2019, Marshall 1974, McKenna and Bell 1997, Pledge 1977, Pocock 1921 and Rauscher 1987

Sister taxa: Ilariidae, Maradidae, Phascolarctidae, Vombatomorphia

Subtaxa: Lekaneleo Microleo Priscileo Thylacoleo Wakaleo

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Ecology: scansorial omnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (30 collections)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Australia (2)

• Pliocene of Australia (3)

• Miocene to Holocene of Australia (1)

• Miocene of Australia (11)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (1)

• Oligocene of Australia (1)

Total: 49 collections including 52 occurrences

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