Thylacinidae
Encyclopedia
The animals in the Thylacinidae family
were all carnivorous marsupial
s 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.
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
were all carnivorous marsupial
Marsupial
Marsupials are an infraclass of mammals, characterized by giving birth to relatively undeveloped young. Close to 70% of the 334 extant species occur in Australia, New Guinea, and nearby islands, with the remaining 100 found in the Americas, primarily in South America, but with thirteen in Central...
s from the order Dasyuromorphia
Dasyuromorphia
The order Dasyuromorphia comprises most of the Australian carnivorous marsupials, including quolls, dunnarts, the numbat, the Tasmanian devil, and the recently extinct thylacine...
. The only recent member was the Thylacine
Thylacine
The thylacine or ,also ;binomial name: Thylacinus cynocephalus, Greek for "dog-headed pouched one") was the largest known carnivorous marsupial of modern times. It is commonly known as the Tasmanian tiger or the Tasmanian wolf...
(Thylacinus cynocephalus), which became extinct in 1936. The other animals in the group all lived in prehistoric times in Australia.
Species
Family †Thylacinidae- Genus †BadjcinusBadjcinusBadjcinus was an animal that belonged to the extinct Marsupial family Thylacinidae.It was one of the most primitive members of its group, living 33 to 32 million years ago in the early Oligocene...
- †Badjcinus turnbulli (Early OligoceneOligoceneThe Oligocene is a geologic epoch of the Paleogene Period and extends from about 34 million to 23 million years before the present . As with other older geologic periods, the rock beds that define the period are well identified but the exact dates of the start and end of the period are slightly...
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- †Badjcinus turnbulli (Early Oligocene
- Genus †Maximucinus
- †Maximucinus muirheadaeMaximucinus muirheadaeMaximucinus muirheadae lived during the middle Miocene and is the largest thylacine species known to have lived in Australia from the late Oligocene to the middle Miocene....
(Middle MioceneMioceneThe Miocene is a geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about . The Miocene was named by Sir Charles Lyell. Its name comes from the Greek words and and means "less recent" because it has 18% fewer modern sea invertebrates than the Pliocene. The Miocene follows the Oligocene...
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- †Maximucinus muirheadae
- Genus †Muribacinus
- †Muribacinus gadiyuliMuribacinus gadiyuliMuribacinus gadiyuli lived during the middle Miocene in Riversleigh. M. gadiyuli name comes from the Waanyi aboriginal word for “little” in reference to its considerably small size compared to the modern thylacine and was similar in size to a fox-terrier dog.T. gadiyuli was a quadrupedal marsupial...
(Middle MioceneMioceneThe Miocene is a geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about . The Miocene was named by Sir Charles Lyell. Its name comes from the Greek words and and means "less recent" because it has 18% fewer modern sea invertebrates than the Pliocene. The Miocene follows the Oligocene...
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- †Muribacinus gadiyuli
- Genus †Mutpuracinus
- †Mutpuracinus archiboldiMutpuracinus archiboldiMutpuracinus archibaldi lived during the middle Miocene and is the smallest known thylacinid at approximately 1.1 kilograms, the size of a quoll....
(Middle MioceneMioceneThe Miocene is a geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about . The Miocene was named by Sir Charles Lyell. Its name comes from the Greek words and and means "less recent" because it has 18% fewer modern sea invertebrates than the Pliocene. The Miocene follows the Oligocene...
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- †Mutpuracinus archiboldi
- Genus †Ngamalacinus
- †Ngamalacinus timmulvaneyiNgamalacinus timmulvaneyiNgamalacinus timmulvaneyi lived during the early Miocene and has been found in Riversliegh.N. timmulvaneyi was a carnivorous, quadrupedal marsupial in Australia. In appearance it resembled a dog with a long snout. Its molar teeth were specialized for carnivory, the cups and crest were reduced or...
(Lower MioceneMioceneThe Miocene is a geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about . The Miocene was named by Sir Charles Lyell. Its name comes from the Greek words and and means "less recent" because it has 18% fewer modern sea invertebrates than the Pliocene. The Miocene follows the Oligocene...
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- †Ngamalacinus timmulvaneyi
- Genus †NimbacinusNimbacinusThe genus Nimbacinus contains two species both of which are extinct:* Dickson's Thylacine * ...
- †Nimbacinus dicksoni (Late OligoceneOligoceneThe Oligocene is a geologic epoch of the Paleogene Period and extends from about 34 million to 23 million years before the present . As with other older geologic periods, the rock beds that define the period are well identified but the exact dates of the start and end of the period are slightly...
— Lower MioceneMioceneThe Miocene is a geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about . The Miocene was named by Sir Charles Lyell. Its name comes from the Greek words and and means "less recent" because it has 18% fewer modern sea invertebrates than the Pliocene. The Miocene follows the Oligocene...
) - †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....
(Middle MioceneMioceneThe Miocene is a geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about . The Miocene was named by Sir Charles Lyell. Its name comes from the Greek words and and means "less recent" because it has 18% fewer modern sea invertebrates than the Pliocene. The Miocene follows the Oligocene...
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- †Nimbacinus dicksoni (Late Oligocene
- Genus †ThylacinusThylacinusThylacinus is a genus of extinct carnivorous marsupials from the order Dasyuromorphia. The only recent member was the Thylacine , which became extinct in 1936 due to hunting. The other animals in the group all lived in prehistoric times in Australia...
- †Thylacinus cynocephalus, also known as the ThylacineThylacineThe thylacine or ,also ;binomial name: Thylacinus cynocephalus, Greek for "dog-headed pouched one") was the largest known carnivorous marsupial of modern times. It is commonly known as the Tasmanian tiger or the Tasmanian wolf...
(Early PliocenePlioceneThe Pliocene Epoch is the period in the geologic timescale that extends from 5.332 million to 2.588 million years before present. It is the second and youngest epoch of the Neogene Period in the Cenozoic Era. The Pliocene follows the Miocene Epoch and is followed by the Pleistocene Epoch...
- 1936) - †Thylacinus macknessiThylacinus macknessiThylacinus macknessi lived during the early Miocene and is the oldest known member of the genus Thylacinus. It is named after Brian Mackness, a supporter of Australian vertebrate paleontology....
(Upper OligoceneOligoceneThe Oligocene is a geologic epoch of the Paleogene Period and extends from about 34 million to 23 million years before the present . As with other older geologic periods, the rock beds that define the period are well identified but the exact dates of the start and end of the period are slightly...
— Lower MioceneMioceneThe Miocene is a geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about . The Miocene was named by Sir Charles Lyell. Its name comes from the Greek words and and means "less recent" because it has 18% fewer modern sea invertebrates than the Pliocene. The Miocene follows the Oligocene...
) - †Thylacinus megirianiThylacinus megirianiThylacinus megiriani lived during the late Miocene. 8 million years ago the area T. megiriani inhabited was covered in forest with a permanent supply of water....
(Upper MioceneMioceneThe Miocene is a geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about . The Miocene was named by Sir Charles Lyell. Its name comes from the Greek words and and means "less recent" because it has 18% fewer modern sea invertebrates than the Pliocene. The Miocene follows the Oligocene...
) - †Thylacinus potensThylacinus potensThylacinus potens was the largest species of the family Thylacinidae, known from a single poorly preserved fossil discovered by Michael O. Woodburne in 1967 in a Late Miocene locality near Alice Springs, Northern Territory. It preceded the modern thylacine by 4–6 million years, and was 5% bigger,...
(Lower MioceneMioceneThe Miocene is a geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about . The Miocene was named by Sir Charles Lyell. Its name comes from the Greek words and and means "less recent" because it has 18% fewer modern sea invertebrates than the Pliocene. The Miocene follows the Oligocene...
) - †Thylacinus rostralis
- †Thylacinus cynocephalus, also known as the Thylacine
- Genus †Tjarrpecinus
- †Tjarrpecinus rothiTjarrpecinus rothiTjarrpecinus rothi lived during the late Miocene and has been found at the Alcoota scientific reserve in the Northern Territory. It is named after Karl Roth for his contributions to the natural history of central Australia....
(Upper MioceneMioceneThe Miocene is a geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about . The Miocene was named by Sir Charles Lyell. Its name comes from the Greek words and and means "less recent" because it has 18% fewer modern sea invertebrates than the Pliocene. The Miocene follows the Oligocene...
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- †Tjarrpecinus rothi
- Genus †Wabulacinus
- †Wabulacinus rideiWabulacinus rideiWabulacinus ridei lived during the early miocene in Riversleigh. It is named after David Ride, who made the first revision of thylacinid fossils. The material was found in system C of the Camel Spurtum assembledge....
(Upper OligoceneOligoceneThe Oligocene is a geologic epoch of the Paleogene Period and extends from about 34 million to 23 million years before the present . As with other older geologic periods, the rock beds that define the period are well identified but the exact dates of the start and end of the period are slightly...
— Lower MioceneMioceneThe Miocene is a geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about . The Miocene was named by Sir Charles Lyell. Its name comes from the Greek words and and means "less recent" because it has 18% fewer modern sea invertebrates than the Pliocene. The Miocene follows the Oligocene...
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- †Wabulacinus ridei