Thylacosmilus is an extinct genus of saber-toothed metatherian mammals that inhabited South America from the Late Miocene to Pliocene epochs from about 10 million to 3 million years ago.

00:00 Intro
01:35 Discovery
05:04 Diet and feeding
07:53 Did Thylacosmilus see in 3D?
09:15 Motion
11:07 Habitat, predators and extinction
12:35 Skull
15:00 Postcranial skeleton
16:29 Thylacosmilus vs Thylacine

Sources:

1. www.amnh.org/explore/news-blogs/marsupial-sabertoo…
2. www.sci.news/paleontology/thylacosmilus-atrox-0858…
3. www.researchgate.net/publication/19940402_The_brai…
4. www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/611851
5. www.unsw.edu.au/newsroom/news/2013/07/precision-an…

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