Mammalia - Dasyuromorphia - Thylacinidae

Full reference: S. Wroe. 2001. Maximucinus muirheadae, gen. et sp. nov. (Thylacinidae : Marsupialia), from the Miocene of Riversleigh, north-western Queensland, with estimates of body weights for fossil thylacinids. Australian Journal of Zoology 49:603-614

Parent taxon: Thylacinidae according to S. Wroe 2001

See also Rovinsky et al. 2019

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

Subtaxa: Maximucinus muirheadae

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Ecology: scansorial carnivore

Distribution: found only at Ringtail Site (Miocene to Miocene of Australia)

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