Thylacoleo

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Translingual[edit]

Thylacoleo carnifex

Etymology[edit]

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

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Thylacoleo m

  1. 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).

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