- Nimbacinus dicksoni
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Nimbacinus dicksoni
Temporal range: Upper Oligocene - Lower 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, 1990Nimbacinus 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 probably 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. The fossils are very well preserved.
External links
- 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
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