He compared what little evidence was available at the time to other creatures and urged caution in trying to reconstruct the life of Thylacoleo on the basis of teeth alone. Flower was wrong ...

In contrast the large incisors were blunt. While Thylacoleo had massive shearing teeth in the back of its jaw, the incisors appear to have functioned better for gripping than for piercing flesh in ...

Add that skill to the list of traits, including unique flesh-shearing teeth and a lethal thumb claw, that make Thylacoleo so fascinating. Nicknamed the marsupial lion for its size and formidable teeth ...

The rest of its dentition was made to shear through flesh ... of carnivorous traits that culminated in Thylacoleo carnifex. And while its skull and teeth alone told Owen that the missing apex ...

Experts believe Thylacoleo used its tail similarly after it caught its prey, freeing its front paws to get a solid grip on its victim as its powerful jaws dealt the deathblow.

The cheek teeth of Thylacoleo are very distinctive. They are more square than triangular, having the appearance of meat cleavers that slid past each other to shear through flesh. Pits and ...

Meet Thylacoleo, the marsupial lion of ancient Australia - a predator unlike anything alive today. With powerful jaws, slicing teeth, and a gripping thumb claw, this extinct carnivore was one of ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Sammy J: Meet Thylacoleo carnifex. This is a scientific artist's idea of what Australia's biggest ...

In contrast the large incisors were blunt. While Thylacoleo had massive shearing teeth in the back of its jaw, the incisors appear to have functioned better for gripping than for piercing flesh in ...

In contrast the large incisors were blunt. While Thylacoleo had massive shearing teeth in the back of its jaw, the incisors appear to have functioned better for gripping than for piercing flesh in a ...