Thylacinidae

Taxobox
name = Thylacinids
fossil_range = Early Oligocene to Holocene


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image_caption = Thylacine
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
infraclassis = Marsupialia
ordo = Dasyuromorphia
familia = †Thylacinidae
familia_authority = C.L. Bonaparte, 1838
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = All extinct, see text

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.

pecies

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)

External links

* [http://www.naturalworlds.org/thylacine/naturalhistory/prehistoric_range_1.htm Prehistoric range of the Thylacinidae]
* [http://www.amonline.net.au/thylacine/index.htm Australian Thylacine]
* [http://specieslist.com/endangered/common_name/T/Thylacine.shtml Various Links]
* [http://www.fmnh.helsinki.fi/users/haaramo/Metazoa/Deuterostoma/Chordata/Synapsida/Metatheria/Notometatheria/Dasyuromorphia/Thylacinidae.htm Mikko's Phylogeny Archive]
* [http://www.naturalworlds.org/thylacine/journey/index.htm The thylacine journey]