A Rock Painting, Possibly of the Now Extinct Marsupial Thylacoleo (Marsupial Lion), from the North Kimberley, Western Australia

Kim Akerman

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Archaeology and Rock Art Studies Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology Australian Indigenous Culture and History

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A painting of a large quadruped from the Irregular Infill (Large Naturalistic) rock art period of the Kimberley is discussed in terms of the possible identity of the subject.Morphological features such as the overall shape and body proportions, in particular the leg/body ratios, are examined in order to minimise possible ambiguities in the allocation of a specific identity to the animal depicted.While some features such as the absence of the large thumb and claw on the forelimbs may mitigate against the identification, it is suggested that the painting may be a depiction of the extinct marsupial lion Thylacoleo carnifex.

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