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Thylacoleo carnifex

Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Thylacoleonidae

Taxonomy
Thylacoleo carnifex was named by Owen (1859).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1859Thylacoleo carnifex Owen
1894Thylacoleo carnifex Lydekker p. 259
1974Thylacoleo carnifex Marshall p. 66

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
—Marsupialiformes
—Marsupialia()
—AustralidelphiaSzalay 1982
orderDiprotodontiaOwen 1866
suborderVombatiformesBurnett 1830
familyThylacoleonidaeGill 1872
genusThylacoleoOwen 1852
speciescarnifexOwen 1859

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Thylacoleo carnifex Owen 1859
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-07 09:16:13
Modified: 2011-04-27 20:22:07
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Clemens 1979, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Hopson 1973

Age range: base of the Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 5.33300 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (26 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene - Holocene23.04 - 0.0Australia (Victoria) Thylacoleo carnifex (182835)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Australia (New South Wales) Thylacoleo carnifex (95862)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Australia ( New South Wales) Thylacoleo carnifex (182621)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Australia (Victoria) Thylacoleo carnifex (70580 136221)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) Thylacoleo carnifex (138403)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Australia (New South Wales) Thylacoleo carnifex (95899 96015 96019 181761)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) Thylacoleo carnifex (28298 136069 136073 136076 136159 136430 181305)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Australia (Victoria) Thylacoleo carnifex (182166)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) Thylacoleo carnifex (136730)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) Thylacoleo carnifex (136074 136075)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Victoria) Thylacoleo carnifex (182001 182939 197269)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) Thylacoleo carnifex (182957)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Australia (South Australia) Thylacoleo carnifex (136172)