Thylacinidae
Thylacinids Temporal range: Late Oligocene - Holocene | |
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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 |
Thylacinidae is an extinct family of carnivorous, superficially dog-like marsupials from the order Dasyuromorphia. The only species to survive into modern times was the thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus), which became extinct in 1936.
Species
Family †Thylacinidae
- Genus †Badjcinus
- †Badjcinus turnbulli (Late Oligocene)
- Genus †Maximucinus
- †Maximucinus muirheadae (Middle Miocene)
- Genus †Muribacinus
- †Muribacinus gadiyuli (Middle Miocene)
- Genus †Mutpuracinus
- †Mutpuracinus archiboldi (Middle Miocene)
- Genus †Ngamalacinus
- †Ngamalacinus timmulvaneyi (Early Miocene)
- Genus †Nimbacinus
- †Nimbacinus dicksoni (Late Oligocene — Early Miocene)
- †Nimbacinus richi (Middle Miocene)
- Genus †Thylacinus
- †Thylacinus cynocephalus, also known as the thylacine (Early Pliocene to Holocene)
- †Thylacinus macknessi (Late Oligocene — Early Miocene)
- †Thylacinus megiriani (Late Miocene)
- †Thylacinus potens (Early Miocene)
- †Thylacinus rostralis
- Genus †Tjarrpecinus
- †Tjarrpecinus rothi (Late Miocene)
- Genus †Wabulacinus
- †Wabulacinus ridei (Late Oligocene — Early Miocene)
See also
External links
- Prehistoric range of the Thylacinidae
- Australian Thylacine
- Various Links
- Mikko's Phylogeny Archive
- The thylacine journey
- Maximucinus, Stephen Wroe 2001
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