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| A
well preserved example of a right maxillary fragment containing the large
P3 (3rd premolar)
tooth which is characteristic of the genus Thylacoleo. This
specimen is from Myall Creek near Bingara, NSW. Acquired from Trans.
Mines Dept., 1963. |
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| A
view of the opposite side of the same maxillary fragment. The vertebrate
fossils found at Bingara are unusually solid and heavily mineralized -
much more so than those found in the cave deposits of Wellington and Naracoorte. |
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| One
of Thylacoleo's enormous, shearing premolars, with complete root.
Pleistocene, Myall Creek near Bingara, NSW. Acquired from Trans.
Mining Museum, 1936. |
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| The
opposite side of the same tooth. |
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| Upper
incisors. The upper and lower incisors of Thylacoleo form
a rather beak-like structure which the animal apparently used to puncture
its prey. Pleistocene, Myall Creek near Bingara, NSW. Acquired
from the Dept. of Mines, NSW, 1936. |
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| A
closer view of one of the incisors shown at left. |
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| A
mandibular fragment. This specimen was featured in the publication
"The Bingara Fauna", by L. F. Marcus, 1976. Pleistocene, Myall
Creek near Bingara, NSW. Acquired from Trans. Mines Dept., 1936. |
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| The
opposite side of the same specimen. The tip of the incisor is missing. |
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| Images
courtesy: Australian Museum. |
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