Singa Marsupial
Singa Marsupial (Thylacoleo carnifex, "singa marsupial kejam (atau 'pemotong daging')" dari thylakos - kantong, leo - songa, carnifex - pembunuh, penyiksa) adalah spesies mamalia marsupial karnivora yang telah punah yang hidup di Australia dari Pleistosen awal hingga akhir (1.6 juta–35 ribu tahun yang lalu).[1][2] Meskipun namanya tidak berhubungan dengan Singa namun daripada itu, seperti kebanyakan marsupialia yang masih hidup, hewan ini termasuk anggota ordo Diprotodontia.
| Singa Marsupial
| |
|---|---|
| Thylacoleo carnifex | |
 Kerangka, dan bentuk luar berdasarkan sistem otot marsupial hidup | |
| Taksonomi | |
| Kerajaan | Animalia |
| Filum | Chordata |
| Kelas | Mammalia |
| Ordo | Diprotodontia |
| Famili | Thylacoleonidae |
| Genus | Thylacoleo |
| Spesies | Thylacoleo carnifex Owen, 1858 |
Referensi sunting
- ^ Kilvert, Nick Complete skeleton of 'Tasmanian devil on steroids' reveals secrets of Australian 'stealth predator' ABC News, 13 December 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
- ^ Thylacoleo (panel 1) Diarsipkan 2007-04-02 di Wayback Machine. at Western Australian Museum
Bibliografi sunting
- Prideaux, G.J. 2007. Megafauna, caves and climate: records from Southern Australia, Selwyn Symposium 2007 GSA Victoria Division, Geological Socitey of Autstralia, Abstracts 79, p. 11-18.
- Prideaux, G.J. 2007. Mid-Pleistocene vertebrate records - Australia. In S.A. Elias (ed.), Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science, pp. 1518-1537. Elsevier Science.
- Rich, P.V., van Tets, G.F., Knight, F. (1990) Kadimakara: Extinct Vertebrates of Australia, 2nd Edition, Princeton University Press, Princeton
Pranala luar sunting
- Anatomy of Thylacoleo (Interactive feature from Nova)
- BBC news article about Wroe's comparative study of bite force amongst mammalian predators
- Fact sheet from Australian Museum Online Diarsipkan 2009-03-30 di Wayback Machine.
- Move Over Sabre-Tooth Tiger by Stephen Wroe from Australian Museum Online.