{"id":178,"date":"2021-11-15T13:52:28","date_gmt":"2021-11-15T03:22:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.flinders.edu.au\/vamp\/?page_id=178"},"modified":"2023-06-02T12:43:25","modified_gmt":"2023-06-02T03:13:25","slug":"thylacoleonidae-family-marsupial-lions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.flinders.edu.au\/vamp\/fossils\/vertebrate-fossils\/marsupials\/thylacoleonidae-family-marsupial-lions\/","title":{"rendered":"Thylacoleonidae family (marsupial lions)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Thylacoleonidae family<\/h1>\n

Marsupial ‘lions’<\/h3>\n

The Thylacoleonidae are an extinct family of carnivorous vombatiform marsupials characterised by their unique dention that included a pair of secateur-like third premolars and crenulated bunodont molars. The family was present in Australia between the late Oligocene and late Pleistocene.<\/p>\n

The family consists of five genera (Enigmaleo, Lekaneleo, Microleo, Thylacoleo<\/em> and Wakaleo<\/em>), and 12 species, ranging from the small (590g) early Miocene Microleo attenboroughi<\/em> to the large (100-120 kg) Pleistocene hypercarnivore Thylacoleo carnifex<\/em>. Wakaleo<\/em> and Thylacoleo<\/em> independently exhibit morphoclinal trends, which involved an increase in body size and the length of the sectorial third premolar. Simultaneously, there was a reduction and eventual loss of posterior molars.<\/p>\n

Browse some thylacoleonid fossils:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Thylacoleo carnifex<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Wakaleo oldfieldi<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Wakaleo pitikantensis<\/em><\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image=”433″ img_size=”large” add_caption=”yes” el_id=”Artwork by Peter Trusler”][vc_column_text]Artwork by Peter Trussler[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text] Thylacoleonidae family Marsupial ‘lions’ The Thylacoleonidae are an extinct family of carnivorous vombatiform marsupials characterised by their unique dention that included a pair of secateur-like third premolars and crenulated bunodont molars. The family was present in Australia between the late Oligocene and late Pleistocene. The family consists of five genera (Enigmaleo, Lekaneleo, Microleo, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":0,"parent":73,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-178","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.flinders.edu.au\/vamp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.flinders.edu.au\/vamp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.flinders.edu.au\/vamp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.flinders.edu.au\/vamp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/43"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.flinders.edu.au\/vamp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=178"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.flinders.edu.au\/vamp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/178\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.flinders.edu.au\/vamp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/73"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.flinders.edu.au\/vamp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}