Marsupial Evolution

Quick Thylacosmilus Facts: - Lived during the Late Miocene through the Late Pliocene Period - Was not a true sabre-tooth cat - Was a marsupial - Its saber-teeth grew its entire life - Was as long as a a jaguar - Weighed more than a lion - Lived in South America - Was a carnivore

Quick Thylacoleo Facts: - Lived during the Pleistocene through the Modern Period - Was as long a leopard - Weighed as much as a cougar - Was a carnivore - Had a strong tail - Lived all over Australia

Quick Diprotodon Facts: - Lived during the Pleistocene Period - Probably couldn't hop - Was as long as a black rhino - Weighed as much as a giraffe - Was an herbivore - Lived all over Australia

Quick Procoptodon Facts: - Lived during the Pleistocene to the Modern Period - Probably couldn't hop - Was twice the height of a normal kangaroo - Weighed as much as a modern pig - Was an herbivore - Lived in Australia

Quick Tasmanian tiger Facts: - Lived during the Early Pliocene to the Holocene Period - Was longer than a yard-stick - Had a shoulder height equal to a bowling pin - Weighed more than a dalmatian - Was a carnivore-it probably lived off a diet of small wallabies and ostriches - Lived in Australia and Tasmania