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

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

• Thylacoleonidae

External links

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