Mammalia - Dasyuromorphia - Thylacinidae
Parent taxon: Thylacinidae according to S. Wroe 1996
See also Dawson et al. 1999, Krajewski et al. 1992, Lydekker 1894, Marshall 1974, McKenna and Bell 1997, Rovinsky et al. 2019, Springer et al. 1994 and Yates 2015
Sister taxa: Badjcinus, Maximucinus, Muribacinus, Mutpuracinus, Ngamalacinus, Nimbacinus, Tyarrpecinus, Wabulacinus
Subtaxa: Thylacinus cynocephalus Thylacinus macknessi Thylacinus major Thylacinus megiriani Thylacinus potens Thylacinus rostralis Thylacinus spelaeus Thylacinus yorkellus
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (33 collections), Papua New Guinea (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Australia (1)
• Miocene of Australia (2)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (1)
Total: 38 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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