Nimbacinus
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The genus Nimbacinus contains two species both of which are extinct:
- Dickson's ThylacineDickson's ThylacineNimbacinus 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 long. Being a predator, it probably ate birds, small mammals, and reptiles...
(N.dicksoni) - (Nimbacinus richiNimbacinus richiNimbacinus richi lived during the middle Miocene and has been found in deposits in Bullock Creek in the northern territory.N. richi is distinguished from Nimbacinus dicksoni from a well preserved holotype right dentary on the basis of dental morphology....
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