Thylacoleonidae

Translingual

tracing of Australian cave art thought to be of Thylacoleo carnifex

Etymology

Thylacoleo +‎ -idae

Proper noun

†Thylacoleonidae

A taxonomic family within the order Diprotodontia – the marsupial lions, extinct for more than 10,000 years.

Hypernyms

(family): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Tetrapoda - superclass; Mammalia - class; Trechnotheria - subclass; Zatheria - infraclass; Theria - supercohort; Marsupialia - cohort; Diprotodontia - order

Hyponyms

(family): †Microleo, †Priscileo, †Thylacoleo, †Wakaleo

References

Thylacoleonidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Thylacoleonidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Thylacoleonidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Thylacoleonidae at Fossilworks

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