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Nimbacinus

Mammalia - Dasyuromorphia - Thylacinidae

Taxonomy
Nimbacinus was named by Muirhead and Archer (1990). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Thylacinidae by Muirhead and Archer (1990) and Rovinsky et al. (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Nimbacinus Muirhead and Archer
2019Nimbacinus Rovinsky et al. p. 13

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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
RankNameAuthor
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
Marsupialiformes
Marsupialia()
AustralidelphiaSzalay 1982
superorderEometatheriaSimpson 1970
orderDasyuromorphiaGill 1872
suborderDasyuroideaGoldfuss 1820
familyThylacinidaeBonaparte 1838
genusNimbacinus

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.

G. †Nimbacinus Muirhead and Archer 1990
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Nimbacinus dicksoni Muirhead and Archer 1990
Nimbacinus richi Murray and Megirian 2000
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-06-08 12:11:09
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Hopson 1973, Clemens 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the Aquitanian to the top of the Middle Miocene or 23.03000 to 11.60800 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.03 - 15.97Australia (Queensland) N. dicksoni (183096)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Australia (Northern Territory) N. richi (106503)