Thylacinidae
family of mammals
The Thylacinidae are a family of mammals that were all carnivorous marsupials from the order Dasyuromorphia. They are now extinct, which means we never get to see them again.
| Thylacinids Temporal range: Early Oligocene to Holocene
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| Family: | †Thylacinidae C.L. Bonaparte, 1838
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Species
changeFamily †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)
Wikispecies has information on: Thylacinidae.
