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thylacothere Palæont.|ˈθaɪləkəʊθɪə(r)|
[ad. mod.L. Thȳlacothērium, f. Gr. θύλακο-ς pouch + θηρίον beast.]
An extinct mammal of the genus Thylacotherium, also called Amphitherium (see amphithere), variously supposed to have been a marsupial or an insectivorous placental. Hence thylacoˈtherian a.
1838Owen in Proc. Geol. Soc. III. 17 Objections against the mammiferous nature of the Thylacotherian jaws. Ibid. III. 19 In the position of the dental foramen, the Phascolothere, like the Thylacothere, differs from all zoophagous marsupials. 1850Broderip Note-bk. Naturalist viii. (1852) 165 There cannot have been any very wide zoological interval between the forms of the thylacine and of the thylacothere. |