Thylacoleo

Translingual

†Thylacoleo carnifex

Etymology

From Ancient Greek θύλακος (thúlakos, “pouch, sack”) + Latin leo (“lion”).

Proper noun

†Thylacoleo m

A taxonomic genus within the family Thylacoleonidae – extinct carnivorous marsupials that lived in Australia from the late Pliocene to the late Pleistocene (2 million to 46 thousand years ago).

Hyponyms

(genus): Thylacoleo carnifex (type species)
- Thylacoleo crassidentatus, Thylacoleo hilli (other species)

References

Thylacoleo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Thylacoleo on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Thylacoleo on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.