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Tyarrpecinus rothi

Mammalia - Dasyuromorphia - Thylacinidae

Taxonomy
Tyarrpecinus rothi was named by Murray and Megirian (2000). Its type specimen is NTM P98211, a maxilla (left maxillary fragment with P2-M4), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Alcoota Scientific Reserve, which is in a Miocene crevasse splay siltstone in the Waite Formation of Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Tyarrpecinus rothi Murray and Megirian p. 154
2019Tyarrpecinus rothi Rovinsky 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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
—Marsupialiformes
—Marsupialia()
—AustralidelphiaSzalay 1982
superorderEometatheriaSimpson 1970
orderDasyuromorphiaGill 1872
suborderDasyuroideaGoldfuss 1820
familyThylacinidaeBonaparte 1838
genusTyarrpecinus
speciesrothi

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.

†Tyarrpecinus rothi Murray and Megirian 2000
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
D. S. Rovinsky et al. 2019M1 narrow and elongate, with centrocrista relatively straight in relation to similar sized thylacinids excepting W. ridei Muirhead, 1997; strong ectoflexus and relatively elongate metastylar wing on M3; paracone closer to and smaller than metacone than in similar sized thylacinids; retention of stylar cusp B and D, with stylar cusp B relatively reduced on M3; conules reduced in size and number.
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: Carroll 1988, Clemens 1979, Hopson 1973, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: Late/Upper Miocene or 11.63000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Australia (Northern Territory) Tyarrpecinus rothi (type locality: 135707)