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Thylacoleo

Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Thylacoleonidae

Taxonomy
Thylacoleo was named by Owen (1852). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Phalangeridae by Lydekker (1894); and to Thylacoleonidae by Pocock (1921), Marshall (1974), Pledge (1977), McKenna and Bell (1997) and Dawson et al. (1999).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1852Thylacoleo Owen
1894Thylacoleo Lydekker p. 259
1921Thylacoleo Pocock p. 606
1974Thylacoleo Marshall p. 66
1977Thylacoleo Pledge
1997Thylacoleo McKenna and Bell
1999Thylacoleo Dawson et al. p. 274

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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
Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
Marsupialiformes
Marsupialia()
AustralidelphiaSzalay 1982
orderDiprotodontiaOwen 1866
suborderVombatiformesBurnett 1830
familyThylacoleonidaeGill 1872
genusThylacoleoOwen 1852

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.

G. †Thylacoleo Owen 1852
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Thylacoleo carnifex Owen 1859
Thylacoleo crassidentatus Bartholomai 1962
Thylacoleo hilli Pledge 1977
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available