Thylacinidae

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Thylacinids Fossil range: Early Oligocene–Holocene PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Thylacine
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Infraclass: Marsupialia Order: Dasyuromorphia Family: †Thylacinidae C.L. Bonaparte, 1838
Genera
All extinct, see text

Wikispecies has information related to: Thylacinidae

The animals in the Thylacinidae family were all carnivorous marsupials from the order Dasyuromorphia. The only recent member was the Thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus), which became extinct in 1936. The other animals in the group all lived in prehistoric times in Australia.

[edit] Species

Family †Thylacinidae

• Genus †Badjcinus
  • †Badjcinus turnbulli (Early Oligocene)
• Genus †Maximucinus
  • †Maximucinus muirheadae (Middle Miocene)
• Genus †Muribacinus
  • †Muribacinus gadiyuli (Middle Miocene)
• Genus †Mutpuracinus
  • †Mutpuracinus archiboldi (Middle Miocene)
• Genus †Ngamalacinus
  • †Ngamalacinus timmulvaneyi (Lower Miocene)
• Genus †Nimbacinus
  • †Nimbacinus dicksoni (Late Oligocene — Lower Miocene)
  • †Nimbacinus richi (Middle Miocene)
• Genus †Thylacinus
  • †Thylacinus cynocephalus, also known as the Thylacine (Early Pliocene - 1936)
  • †Thylacinus macnessi (Upper Oligocene — Lower Miocene)
  • †Thylacinus megiriani (Upper Miocene)
  • †Thylacinus potens (Lower Miocene)
  • †Thylacinus rostralis
• Genus †Tjarrpecinus
  • †Tjarrpecinus rothi (Upper Miocene)
• Genus †Wabulacinus
  • †Wabulacinus ridei (Upper Oligocene — Lower Miocene)

[edit] External links

• Prehistoric range of the Thylacinidae
• Australian Thylacine
• Various Links
• Mikko's Phylogeny Archive
• The thylacine journey
• Maximucinus, Stephen Wroe 2001