Nimbacinus dicksoni
| Nimbacinus dicksoni Temporal range: Late Oligocene - Early Miocene (23-16 MYA) | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Dasyuromorphia |
| Family: | †Thylacinidae |
| Genus: | †Nimbacinus |
| Species: | †N. dicksoni |
| Binomial name | |
| Nimbacinus dicksoni Muirhead & Archer, 1990 | |
Nimbacinus dicksoni was an ancient relative of the modern but extinct thylacine. It lived approximately 23-16 million years ago in the Miocene period. Nimbacinus dicksoni was about 1.6 ft (50 cm) long. Being a predator, it likely ate birds, small mammals, and reptiles. Like the modern thylacine, it may have been an awkward runner and used stamina to catch prey rather than speed. Fossils have been found in Australia at Riversleigh in north-western Queensland and Bullock Creek in the Northern Territory.
External links
- Australian Museum Nimbacinus dicksoni
- Australia's lost kingdom
- Australian Beast's
- Australian Museum
- Nimbacinus dicksoni information at The Thylacine Museum
- Mikko's Phylogeny Archive
- NIMBA CINUS DICKSONl, A PLESIOMORPHIC THYLACINE (MARSUPIALIA: THYLACINIDAE) FROM TERTIARY DEPOSITS OF QUEENSLAND AND THE NORTHERN TERRITORY J. MUIRHEAD AND M. ARCHER
- Lorraeme Shume, “Drawing and modelling an extinct species”, The Science Show, 5 January 2013
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