Thylacoleo

Translingual

Etymology

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

Proper noun

†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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