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Thylacinus cynocephalus (thylacine)

Mammalia - Dasyuromorphia - Thylacinidae

Taxonomy
Didelphis cynocephala was named by Harris (1808).

It was recombined as Thylacinus cynocephalus by Marshall (1974) and Krajewski et al. (1992).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1808Didelphis cynocephala Harris
1974Thylacinus cynocephalus Marshall p. 66
1992Thylacinus cynocephalus Krajewski et al. p. 20

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
—Marsupialiformes
—Marsupialia()
—AustralidelphiaSzalay 1982
superorderEometatheriaSimpson 1970
orderDasyuromorphiaGill 1872
suborderDasyuroideaGoldfuss 1820
familyThylacinidaeBonaparte 1838
genusThylacinusTemminck 1824
speciescynocephalus(Harris 1808)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Thylacinus cynocephalus Harris 1808 [thylacine]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available