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scans, marsupial lions were found to be unable to use the prolonged, suffocating bite typical of living big cats. They instead had an extremely efficient and unique bite; the incisors would have been used to stab at and pierce the flesh of their prey while the more specialised carnassials crushed
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Wroe, S; Myers, T. J; Wells, R. T; Gillespie, A (1999). "Estimating the weight of the
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suggests that it fed in a similar manner to modern cheetahs, by using their sharp teeth to slice open the ribcage of their prey, thereby accessing the internal organs. They may have killed by using their front claws as either stabbing weapons or as a way to grab their prey with strangulation or
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were found in the 1830s in the
Wellington Valley of New South Wales, though not recognised as such at the time. The generic holotype, consisting of broken teeth, jaws, and a skull was discovered by a pastoralist, William Avery, near Lake Colungolac from which the species
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Prideaux, Gavin J.; Long, John A.; Ayliffe, Linda K.; Hellstrom, John C.; Pillans, Brad; Boles, Walter E.; Hutchinson, Mark N.; Roberts, Richard G.; Cupper, Matthew L.; Arnold, Lee J.; Devine, Paul D.; Warburton, Natalie M. (January 2007).
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Alloing-Séguier, Léanie; Sánchez-Villagra, Marcelo R.; Lee, Michael S. Y.; Lebrun, Renaud (2013). "The Bony
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s retractable claws, something only found in mammalian carnivores, and its lack of any ability to chew plant material. In 1911, a study by
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William Adeney. A partial rostrum collected by Adeney in 1876 from the same locality would later be found to belong to the same individual. It was not until 1966 that the first nearly-complete skeleton was
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could achieve as high a bite force as a modern-day lion; however, this might have been possible when taking into consideration the size of its brain and skull. Carnivores usually have rather large brains when compared to
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for a few decades. Though a few authors continued to hint at phalangeroid affinities for thylacoleonids as recently as the 1990s, cranial and other characters have generally led to their inclusion within
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The marsupial lion's limb proportions and muscle mass distribution indicate that, although it was a powerful animal, it was not a particularly fast runner. Paleontologists conjecture that it was an
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teeth, with these teeth being present much further forwards in the jaw than in other mammals. Compared to earlier thyacoleonids, the third premolars were considerably enlarged.
1903:"Ecomorphological determinations in the absence of living analogues: The predatory behavior of the marsupial lion (Thylacoleo carnifex) as revealed by elbow joint morphology"
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today). The climbing ability would have also helped them climb out of caves, which could therefore have been used as dens to rear their young. Specialised tail bones called
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strengthened the tail, likely allowing the animal to use it to prop itself up while rearing on its hind legs, which may have been done when climbing or attacking prey.
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are recognised, all extinct. The term marsupial lion (lower case) is often applied to other members of this family. Distinct possum-like characteristics led
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having a single very large retractable hooked claw set on large semi-opposable thumbs, which are suggested to have been used deal a killing blow.
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species (koalas and three species of wombat) have survived into modern times and are considered the marsupial lion's closest living relatives.
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of West Australia remains to be the greatest finding site. These fossils now reside at the Australian Museum.
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in South Australia, exhibiting the carnivorous characteristics of the genus and around half the size of
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1536:10.1080/02724634.2019.1703722
993:
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682:, and research suggests that
457:to be regarded as members of
272:, approached the weight of a
3395:Prehistoric marsupial genera
2513:- Australia's Marsupial Lion
2317:. Collingwood, Vic.: CSIRO.
2153:10.1371/journal.pone.0208020
1454:10.1007/978-90-481-3428-1_35
971:Late Pleistocene extinctions
925:A 1985 study suggested that
753:Skeleton at Naracoorte Caves
489:
264:, occupying the position of
7:
2531:Western Australian Museum:
1633:– via Cambridge Core.
1370:10.1016/j.ympev.2004.05.004
1329:Pledge, Neville S. (1992).
696:. It seems improbable that
635:Like other thylacoleonids,
279:
27:Extinct genus of marsupials
10:
3426:
3400:Taxa named by Richard Owen
2462:10.1038/s41467-020-15785-w
2396:Case, J. A. (1985-01-01).
1483:Palaeontologia Electronica
1221:Bartholomai, Alan (1962).
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1022:10.1007/s10914-013-9228-3
718:X-ray computed tomography
356:Thylacoleo crassidentatus
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72:Scientific classification
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3365:Prehistoric vombatiforms
2521:in Pleistocene Australia
1423:10.1016/j.gr.2013.12.008
1312:The Australian Zoologist
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559:and the thylacoleonids,
3390:Carnivorous marsupials
3380:Pleistocene marsupials
2266:10.5962/bhl.part.28646
2247:De Vis, C. W. (1883).
2214:Archaeology in Oceania
1707:10.1098/rspb.2004.2986
1352:Naish, Darren (2004).
1133:10.1098/rstl.1883.0015
1060:10.1098/rstl.1859.0016
988:Indigenous Australians
813:
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374:T. crassidentatus
3337:Paleobiology Database
2442:Nature Communications
2280:Anderson, C. (1929).
1198:Woods, J. T. (1956).
1086:"Thylacoleo carnifex"
808:
752:
639:had blade-like third
627:
605:Proborhyaena gigantea
233:("pouch lion") is an
40:Temporal range: late
2535:- a voracious hunter
2402:Australian Mammalogy
2026:10.1671/039.029.0424
1822:10.1671/039.029.0424
1647:Werdelin, L (1988).
984:Australian megafauna
822:William Henry Flower
809:Life restoration of
62:Skeletal diagram of
3375:Pliocene marsupials
2454:2020NatCo..11.2250H
2375:10.1038/nature05471
2144:2018PLoSO..1308020W
2126:Thylacoleo carnifex
2068:2016NatSR...621372A
2018:2009JVPal..29.1335W
2002:Thylacoleo carnifex
1930:10.1017/pab.2015.55
1922:2016Pbio...42..508F
1814:2009JVPal..29.1335W
1798:Thylacoleo carnifex
1759:2023Alch...47..506G
1528:2019JVPal..39E3722G
1415:2014GondR..25.1186B
1169:Owen (Marsupialia)"
1167:Thylacoleo carnifex
927:Thylacoleo carnifex
920:Thylacoleo carnifex
811:Thylacoleo carnifex
663:teeth was reduced.
630:Thylacoleo carnifex
345:Thylacoleo carnifex
310:Thylacoleo carnifex
295:Thylacoleo carnifex
270:Thylacoleo carnifex
190:Thylacoleo carnifex
18:Thylacoleo carnifex
2315:Life of marsupials
2056:Scientific Reports
1967:, 17 January 2008.
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1989:on 17 April 2009.
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1463:978-90-481-3427-4
1403:Gondwana Research
1126:: 575–582. 1883.
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1054:: 309–322. 1859.
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