Tyarrpecinus Murray and Megirian 2000 (thylacine)

Mammalia - Dasyuromorphia - Thylacinidae

Full reference: P. Murray and D. Megirian. 2000. Two new genera and three new species of Thylacinidae (Marsupialia) from the Miocene of the Northern Territory, Australia. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Arl Galleries of the Northern Terrilory 16:145-162

Parent taxon: Thylacinidae according to P. Murray and D. Megirian 2000

See also Rovinsky et al. 2019

Sister taxa: Badjcinus, Maximucinus, Muribacinus, Mutpuracinus, Ngamalacinus, Nimbacinus, Thylacinus, Wabulacinus

Subtaxa: Tyarrpecinus rothi

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Ecology: scansorial carnivore

Distribution: found only at Alcoota Scientific Reserve (Miocene of Australia)

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