Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals
Thylacoleo-Pliocene to Pleistocene periods, 2 million to 46,000 years ago
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Coin Details
| Origin/Country: |
AUSTRALIA - COMMEMORATIVE |
| Item Description: |
S$1 2014P THYLACOLEO COLORIZED |
| Full Grade: |
NGC PF 69 ULTRA CAMEO |
| Owner: |
Von Werner |
Owner Comments:
Thylacoleo ("pouch lion") is an extinct genus of carnivorous marsupials that lived in Australia from the late Pliocene to the late Pleistocene (2 million to 46 thousand years ago). Some of these "marsupial lions" were the largest mammalian predators in Australia of that time, with Thylacoleo carnifex approaching the weight of a small lion. The estimated average weight for the species ranges from 101 to 130 kg.