Thylacoleo – marsupial bolt cutter from hell

Public Lecture | Updated 1 decade ago

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Thylacoleo – marsupial bolt cutter from hell
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Dr Mikael Siversson, Curator of Palaeontology, Earth & Planetary Sciences

5.30pm, Thursday 17 March, WA Museum - Kalgoorlie-Boulder
10.30am, Friday 18 March, WA Museum - Kalgoorlie-Boulder
2.00pm, Friday 17 June, WA Museum - Albany

Thylacoleo, the ‘marsupial lion’, was the largest and most fearsome mammalian predator to evolve in Australia. During their 25 million years of evolution, they developed unique, bolt cutter-like cheek teeth and enormous jaw muscles, enabling them to sever the wind pipe of their prey.

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