Thylacoleo
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| phylum | Chordata | Thylacoleo is an extinct genus of carnivorous marsupial known from Pleistocene fossils of Australia. The premolars were modified into a set of blade-like psuedo-carnassials much like those found in true cats. Thylacoleo was highly specialized for preying upon large mammals, and with the decline of the Australian megafauna Thylacoleo also went extinct.
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| clade | Metatheria | |
| order | Diprotodontia | |
| family | †Thylacoleonidae | |
| genus | †Thylacoleo | |
| species | †T. carnifex |
